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    the ultimate trademark infringement and getting away with it

    check out hifibitz.co.uk which is the original site and then hifibitz.com. It is the ultimate trademark infringement. advertising rival products, making logo same as trademark site and having an affiliate program directly from trademark site. wow....

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    Maybe he has an agreement with the UK site. He's linking to them via an affiliate id. Either that, or he has huge balls

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    whois seems to be private and hifibitz is a multimillion dollar corporation and there are many chain stores all over UK so I doubt it.

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    Well, he is using an affiliate id, therefore he doesn't seem concerned. Is the name tm'ed ?

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    I think it is and it seems awfully similar especially the capitalization of the letters. I think its still a great deal though considering hifibitz let the .com expire and ended up selling at auction for $400. It would be interesting how this plays out though.

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    Wow then it's obvious they are fast asleep; however, you're right, this does not justify the .com holder's bravado.

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    however, I do find it impressive the .com owners are able to build such a site in a few days and have terms of service and everything else together a ready to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by victornumber View Post
    check out hifibitz.co.uk which is the original site and then hifibitz.com. It is the ultimate trademark infringement. advertising rival products, making logo same as trademark site and having an affiliate program directly from trademark site. wow....
    no, i need to correct you, the ULTIMATE tm infringement is:

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