The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a man did not violate copyright laws when he used a hair-restoration company's name on a Web site disparaging the company. The company claimed that the man's use of its name in a Web site address was trademark infringement, but the court disagreed, saying the Web site was not created to make a profit or confuse potential customers.
April 06, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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A man can disparage a hair-restoration company on a Web site using the company’s name without violating copyright law, an appeals court ruled Monday.
Bosley Medical Institute in Seattle sued former client Michael Kremer after he created a Web site in 2000 in a “bald-faced effort to get even” with the company, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.
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