Friday, March 28, 2008

Walmart losses in its war against Smith's websites



Picture by Robert E. Klein, Nov 8th 2002
Courtesy of the Associated Press


Charles Smith, a 50-year-old computer store owner from Conyers, Ga., set up his Walocaust website and later a Wal-Queda site, in his Walocaust site he sold T-shirts with the motto:"I (heart) Wal-ocaust." Associated Press. Walmart responded to this by sending letters to Smilth asking him to stop selling the T-shirts through his website which they claimed violated the company's trademark.Walmart then sued Mr.Smith.
Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr. rejected the claims by Walmart, stating that it is unlikely that Mr Smith's websites and products will be confused with Walmart's real products.

Posted by Janet Kemboi

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