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Does this constitute misappropriation?
Hi,
I belongd to a company's website with a trademarked name that provides message boards for it's users. Those users on the message boards have dubbed themselves with a nickname derivative of the company name. (It is not used by the company itself.)
I created a website, sort of a fan site to compliment the company's website, offering free graphics and such for use on their website. My website name uses the nickname their message board visitors are known by. I would like to offer items (not related to the original website) for sale on this site. (I do not currently make any money off this ''fan'' site.) If I brought in an income from this site, would it be considered misappropriation of the company's name? Thank you in advance for answering my question.
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