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Post number 4192

Outlawyr — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:08:47 -0800

Hasbro loses fight to steal Clue.com from Clue Computing. Finding that there was no significant evidence to establish the likelihood of confusion necessary for conventional trademark infringement and no evidence of "dilution", The US Court of Appeals rejected the claim that the "clue.com" violates Hasbro's trademark on the board game "Clue". Score one for the little guy

By: EricBrooksDotCom

EricBrooksDotCom — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:56:02 -0800

Excellent! I just saw Matt post this on the domain-issues.org/ mailing list! The web + the little guy makes for one hell of a lethal combination! Hasbro... Get a clue®!

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:35:40 -0800

Hasbro is certainly a giant. Is there a bigger game company?

By: pnevares

pnevares — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:28:20 -0800

Parker Brothers?

By: gluechunk

gluechunk — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:54:23 -0800

Well, Parker Brothers is owned by Hasbro, a company that owns a bunch of other toy brands.

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:20:02 -0800

Well, I know they own Wizards of the Coast, which owns TSR. They also own Microprose.

By: EricBrooksDotCom

EricBrooksDotCom — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:18:43 -0800

>>Is there a bigger game company?<< Well there's Mattel, they swear they *own* the web. Ask Matt Lavallee, or anyone with the name Barbie^® in their domain name.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:05:33 -0800

Usually we're not happy to find out that a major corporation is Clue-less ... There was a lot of consolidation in the toys & games industry in the 90s. Hasbro ended up pretty big, but so did Mattel, which is number one.

By: grendel

grendel — Sun, 12 Nov 2000 15:10:58 -0800

What's the big deal?? Here in the UK, the game's called CLUEDO anyway...... did they try and get that domain?

By: grendel

grendel — Sun, 12 Nov 2000 15:16:48 -0800

There - just answered my own question - http://www.cluedo.com does both 'Clue' and 'Cluedo' - they got one - just sound like sore losers to me!