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Tuesday, August 10

Falwell.com: More on Personal Names and the Internet

by Mark VB Partridge on Tue 10 Aug 2004 10:29 PM EDT

WVEC.COM reports that Judge Claude Hilton of the U.S. District Court in Virginia has ruled that Christopher Lamparello, a gay activist in New York, must stop using the domain name www.falwell.com due to confusion with the registered trademark JERRY FALWELL and the JERRY FALWELL MINISTRIES website.

Lamparello's site criticized Falwell's position on homosexuality and displayed a disclaimer. (The domain name has already been directed to Jerry Falwell's site).

Pleased with the result, Fallwell said: "one cannot infringe on the trademark of another person or company and pretend it is within their First Amendment rights."

Lamparello's attorney, Paul Levy of Public Citizen Litigation Group, said ... more »

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