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New pay-for-answers site Askpedia has shared with CNet that IAC sent them a cease-and-desist with a cure date of (oh, today) to stop using the name. They're of course making a market place confusion argument, and while not a lawyer, it seems like a reasonable argument. What do you think? Does an engine that made its mark on answering questions suffer at the hands of a start-up that operates a pay-for-answers site? | ||||||||
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March 2008 Mmmm - I have to confess I thought it was Ask's so that certainly supports Ask's ownership of the name. I am suprised the start-up would chose a name so close to Ask - perhaps they were being cheeky - knowing full well they were borderline.
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March 2008 Jackie, I have to wonder the same. I'm not a lawyer, but I do like movies about lawyers and have paid enough in my career so I'm going to guess that their argument will be based on the notion that this is encyclopedic, not search, data. Good luck with that strategy.
Meanwhile, they just got the whole world to look on the site. I dunno. Not a bad price for a C&D if they didn't spend a fortune on branding. Reply
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