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| − | On 2006-11-30, {{thehypertwins}} received the following letter from Kathleen Cooney-Porter of [[Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.]] In short, they claim that the name "PsyCrit" and the [[domain name]] psycrit.com, which are being used for the online journal [[PsyCrit]], infringe on "PSYCCRITIQUES", a trademarked name of their client the [[American Psychological Association]] (APA), which the APA are apparently using for "providing an online database featuring reviews of books and films pertaining to the social and behavioral sciences". (That database would appear to be located [http://www.apa.org/psyccritiques/ here]. The APA has also apparently had the domain name psyccritiques.com registered since 2004 but for reasons unknown does not seem to be using it in association with the psyccritiques web site, even as a redirect; psycritiques.com does not resolve to an [[IP address]] as of 2006-12-14.) | + | On 2006-11-30, {{thehypertwins}} received the following letter from Kathleen Cooney-Porter of [[Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.]] In short, they claim that the name "[[PsyCrit]]" and the [[domain name]] psycrit.com, which are being used for the online journal [[PsyCrit]], infringe on "PSYCCRITIQUES", a trademarked name of their client the [[American Psychological Association]] (APA), which the APA are apparently using for "providing an online database featuring reviews of books and films pertaining to the social and behavioral sciences". (That database would appear to be located [http://www.apa.org/psyccritiques/ here]. The APA has also apparently had the domain name psyccritiques.com registered since 2004 but for reasons unknown does not seem to be using it in association with the psyccritiques web site, even as a redirect; psycritiques.com does not resolve to an [[IP address]] as of 2006-12-14.) |
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Latest revision as of 17:18, 19 December 2006
Summary
On 2006-11-30, The Hypertwins received the following letter from Kathleen Cooney-Porter of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. In short, they claim that the name "PsyCrit" and the domain name psycrit.com, which are being used for the online journal PsyCrit, infringe on "PSYCCRITIQUES", a trademarked name of their client the American Psychological Association (APA), which the APA are apparently using for "providing an online database featuring reviews of books and films pertaining to the social and behavioral sciences". (That database would appear to be located here. The APA has also apparently had the domain name psyccritiques.com registered since 2004 but for reasons unknown does not seem to be using it in association with the psyccritiques web site, even as a redirect; psycritiques.com does not resolve to an IP address as of 2006-12-14.)
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