Ground School Training Online (PPL, CPL & ATPL)

On May 28, 3:37*pm, Gezellig wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2008 16:46:39 -0500, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

Not inside the website domain name as the OP used it.

GEAAzellig
So sue me.

Actually courts have shut down many websites for using a protected
name inside their domain name. Remember, the legal standard is that if
it can create confusion for a customer. To the extent that it detracts
from EAA's name they can be held liable.

-robert

So does that mean that if my name is Edward Allen Albaugh, I couldn't open
an "EAA Flight School"? That sort of seems odd.

Jim

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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Gezellig wrote:

Three points.

1) The EAA doesn't own "EAA"


I believe you'll find that the EAA does own "EAA".

On May 28, 3:57*pm, "RST Engineering" wrote:
So does that mean that if my name is Edward Allen Albaugh, I couldn't open
an "EAA Flight School"? *That sort of seems odd.

If it intrudes on their space (which it does) then you cannot. If your
name is McDonalds you cannot open a burger shop in your name but you
could sell lady's underwear under than name if you choose. It just has
to create confusion for customers. In addition it only applies where
you do business (i.e. there can be a A-1 termite company in Los
Angeles and New York that don't intrude on each others space). In this
case the OP is Canadian I believe, I'm not sure if there is an EAA
presence in Canada or not.

-Robert

On Wed, 28 May 2008 15:57:41 -0700, RST Engineering wrote:

So does that mean that if my name is Edward Allen Albaugh, I couldn't open
an "EAA Flight School"? That sort of seems odd.

Jim

Subject to where you opened that school, you might be challenged by EAA.
In the OP, they are South Africans who are running servers in that
country and whose name is Exxxxxx Axxxxxx Aviation.

From a website that has EAA in the middle of its domain name.

RST Engineering wrote:
So does that mean that if my name is Edward Allen Albaugh, I couldn't open
an "EAA Flight School"? That sort of seems odd.

Jim


Remember when the World Wrestling Federation was calling itself the WWF?
The World Wildlife Fund (the folks with the Panda in the logo) put an
end to that and they weren't even dealing with the same general subject.