June 01, 2009

The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that a domain name containing another person's trademark does not infringe on the trademark owner's rights as such (17 Ob 2/09g), in a case in which the domain name was made of the words "unhappy-users-of" preceded by a trademark (aquapol-unzufriedene.at). There was clearly no risk of confusion, the court said.
For more: Austrotrabant

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