http://tvh.disqus.com/The Virtual Handshake: Sell, Raise Capital, Look for Deals with Social MediaenFri, 10 Jul 2009 22:38:55 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2006/12/14/myspaceforbusiness-or-myspace-for-business#comment-12492845<p>atant trademark violation.</p><p>This is Trademarks 101. First of all, to their credit, I will note that they do have a disclaimer at the bottom of the page that they are in no way associated with MySpace. But this business name clearly creates confusion and they certainly benefit from that confusion.</p><p>It’’s one thing to use a trademark in your domain name when it’’s clearly offering supplemental services, e.g., <a href="http://MySpaceLayouts.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="MySpaceLayouts.org">MySpaceLayouts.org</a>, though even that is a gray area. You can even use it in your tag line, e.g., “Like MySpace…for business”. The smartest thing to do is just get permission, like I did for <a href="http://LinkedIntelligence.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="LinkedIntelligence.com">LinkedIntelligence.com</a>.</p><p>Anyway, it doesn”t matter if MySpace is now a big impersonal corporation, it’’s still just bad business to violate your neighbor’’s intellectual property. I suspect they”ll be receiving a C&amp;D letter sooner or later.<br></p>Louis VuittonFri, 10 Jul 2009 22:38:55 -0000