[OSM-legal-talk] Trademark

[Grant Slater]

Nic Roets wrote:
>
> I don't know about coca-cola-sucks.org <http://coca-cola-sucks.org> 
> but coca-cola-sucks.co.za <http://coca-cola-sucks.co.za> should not be 
> too difficult. See http://hellcom.co.za/ 
>  

Not quite...

Hellcom/Hellkom is a play on the name of South Africa's telecom operator 
Telkom and a critic of Telkom's monopolistic practises.

Hellkom was sued by Telkom for defamation and trademark infringement. It 
got ugly.
http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading_room/room/view_article.asp?name=../articles/Telkom%20v%20Hellkom%20a%20never%20ending%20battle.htm

Telkom likely didn't like the negative press and withdrew the case.
http://www.hellkom.co.za/news/local/1093-Hellkom-case-dropped---Moneyweb.htm

/ Grant