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Case summary: A company H produced the first version of a board game and registered it with the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. The company H produced many versions of the same board game. Another company IE used the same domain name as used by the company H for a sexually explicit internet site. The company H filed for trade dilution to injunct the company IE from using the same domain name.
To Find:The manner in which a company can protect itself from another company using a similar domain name and the limitations of a company to fully protect itself.
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