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Article: Falwell files complaint over Web site. (Nation).(Jerry Falwell)(Brief Article)
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- April 26, 2002
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The Rev. Jerry Falwell has filed a complaint against a Web site that he says violates a trademark of his name by spoofing his views on the Bible.
The Lynchburg, Va.-based evangelist filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization concerning the site at www.jerryfalwell.com and www.jerry fallwell.com, the Associated Press reported.
In a recent response to Falwell's November filing, the site's owner, Gary Cohn of Highland Park Ill., said Falwell's name doesn't deserve trademark protection because he hasn't used it "to identify certain goods and services."
Falwell "is trying to shut down a non-commercial ...