Hi everyone, I own a URL shortening service and I wonder if it would be Ok for me to have the following on the page "Our Shortar URLs are at least 4 characters shorter than TinyURLs'"? Would that lead to any legal trouble?
This may be bad advice LOL, but feel free to do it. *IF* they ever find out (which is highly unlikely) just change it to "Our Shorter URLs are at least 4 characters shorter than Our Competitors'"? Anyway to be honest I wouldnt have even thought that they would have bothered even if they find out.
I would say that you've got a fair use defense to using the trademark (though I would put a disclaimer on the site that reads something like, "(your company) is not affiliated with TinyURL. TinyURL is a trademark of the ____ company") since it's a nominative use and there's no likelihood of confusion. Let me know if you have other questions. Deena ____________________________________________________________________ Any opinions are offered without knowledge of the specific law of your jurisdiction and with only the limited information provided in your post. No advice given here should be reasonably relied upon by you or any third party without consulting an attorney who is aware of all of the facts and law surrounding your situation. Any advice given here is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship in any way.