3i takes III to court over domain name

[stevie]

3i, the UK's biggest venture capital firm, has issued a writ against Interactive Investor International, demanding the finance site ditches its iii logo and the iii.co.uk Web address, Sunday Business reports.

In a statement filed with the High Court, 3i claims III has infringed its trademark through the use of its iii logo. Referring to newspaper articles which mix up the two companies, 3i says it has suffered loss and damage as a result.

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[mishmash]

Apparantly similarly:
3M have 3m.com, 3m.co.uk and mmm.com but MultiMedia Machine Ltd have mmm.co.uk.

 

[devolution]

This was 5 years ago ?!

Published Monday 14th August 2000 07:36 GMT

 

[stevie]

well spotted... so much for google news alerts

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3i takes III to court over domain name
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... two large companies spitting over a URL, as opposed to one large company bullying a Web address from a smaller business, or wrenching a domain name from a ...