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Sony -- don't take away my friend's name

Monday, March 15, 2010 View Comments

Detik reported that Sony corp sent a sommation* letter to a blogger named Sony, for using sony-ak.com for his domain name. Now the blogosphere strikes back at Sony and organize a facebook group called 'Sony -- don't take away my friend's name'.


Will the wisdom of the crowd(ed) facebook beat Sony corp and its lawyers? We shall see.

Shall we name our cats Google and assign a domain name for it?

* I am not sure how to translate the term. There is 'Abmahnung' in German and 'Sommation' in French. Is Cease and Desist the equivalent common law concept?

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1 comments »

  • family law said:  

    Wow.... Too many people have name 'Sony'. If they have domain with word 'sony' (example, 'sony-k.com' or 'sony-blablabla.com' or etc), will Sony corp send sommation to them all?

    March 16, 2010 9:48 AM

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