"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
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> And lo on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:33:40 +0100, scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> did
> spake, saying:
>
> > Say for instance I bought www.nokia.com long before Nokia realised they
> > needed a website.  Do they have any right to force me to give-up that
> > domain name, just because they are a huge multi-national company, or is
> > it just tough luck and they have to pay me whatever it will take?
> >
> > Would it make any difference if I ran a small company called 'Nokia
> > Gizmos' or something that nobody had every heard of?  Do they have more
> > right to it than be just because they are a bigger well-known
> > multi-national company?
>
> You're heading into trademark land. Remember Apple, the two  were
> operating in different spheres hence no problem.

Until Apple went into music, right? I thought that is when the Apple -vs-
Apple started.

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