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philwelch on Nov 23, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: As of today, Facebook is one step away from tradem...

Would you have to pay a royalty every time you used the word?

My last name is a trademark, and part of another trademark. I don't have any problems as long as I don't try using it to sell juice. Or medical equipment.

There was a kid a few years ago called "Mike Rowe", though, who got in trouble by putting up a web page and calling it "MikeRoweSoft".

aharrison on Nov 24, 2010 | [–]

Note that Mike Rowe did pretty well on that deal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft

pyre on Nov 24, 2010 | [–]

Did he really get in trouble for 'trademark infringement' as decided by a court, or as decided by ICANN?

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