EBK THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS:
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Chapter 9, Problem 2IS
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Case summary:The company EC started marketing software under the mark E in the year 2007. In 2017, another company with different products took a domain name E and began using the same in its URL.
To find:The legal capacity of the company EC to stop another company from using its mark E.
Summary Introduction
Case summary:The company EC started marketing software under the mark E in the year 2007. In 2017, another company with different products took a domain name E and began using the same in its URL.
To explain : What the company must show to stop another company to use its mark.
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