| As far as I'm aware..
their policy previous to now allowed for websites with names such as SLIniverse, SecondLifer, etc, etc, etc.
They'd have a hard job dealing with anyone who name a site before today, as they'd already set a precedent.
Possibly, they'd even have a problem, if someone did one tomorrow, on the basis that these other sites exist anyway.
I'm not a lawyer, by any means, but I'm sure I remember similar cases where people have tried to enforce use of brand names as copyrighted trade marks retroactively and fail gloriously.
In related news today, Apple sent several cease and desist letters to several greencrocers stores. |