Passing off a Company Name? Advice required please.

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Paul Kelly ICHYB

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    Traditionally, graded stock was raw returns and the grading refers to it's quality -
    A - as new
    B - with a few marks, damaged packaging
    C - damaged, very marked etc
    D - BER (beyond economical repair)
    Different companies may add a few levels and will each have their own interpretation of what falls into each grade.


    This stock was then sold, generally by manufacturers and some retailers, to companies that ither sold them on or reworked them to improve their grade. These items were generally sold on to some retailers, market traders etc.

    Grading is now used in several different ways e.g. quality of refurb.
     
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    DontAsk said:
    Been living under a rock? "B-grade" doesn't just refer to energy efficiency. Places that sell used items, such as CeX, grade their stock. Maplin used to sell B grade stock, etc., ...
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    I must have been under the same rock as I have never come across any of those things.
     
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    Same here. Reselling I understand but not heard of this grading except for books
     
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    DontAsk said:
    Search B grade laptops takes you to the Lenovo refurb outlet on the second result so either Google or Lenovo themselves know what it means.
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    But would Joe Public know to do a Grade B search? Would they be more likely to search for refurbished Lenovo laptops?
     
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    Nathanto said:
    I wouldn't waste money on a lawyer in this particular case. For the .co.uk domain name, this is a slam dunk 'abusive registration' and so (regardless of any potential 'passing off' claim) the OP will have the domain taken off them if the competitor complains to Nominet and then probably get sued for any costs incurred by the competitor.

    Unless the competitor responds to the OP favourably which I'd have thought was extremely unlikely, the OP needs to either rebrand themselves and/or choose a different domain name.
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    Agree as to not risking litigation or Nominet's adjudication . You don't seem to be in a strong position. Why risk it? I think some of the suggestions made here are better names anyway. As to the .com they can apply to WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) who are authorised by ICANN (the global authority for first level domains) with power to effect a change in registration so as to have it passed over to the other people. These applications would be separate from the court action for passing off.
     
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