Hasbro, Inc. v. Clue Computing, Inc.
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
66 F. Supp. 2d 117 (1999)
Relevant factsFree
Hasbro (plaintiff) owned the trademark for its CLUE board game, while Clue Computing (defendant), a computer-consulting business that chose its name for unrelated reasons, registered and used the domain clue.com to advertise its services. Hasbro sued for trademark infringement and dilution, arguing Clue Computing's domain name would confuse consumers and that using a registered mark as a domain name is per se dilution.
IssueFree
Whether the use of another's registered trademark as a domain name constitutes per se dilution of the mark when the use was neither deceptive nor intentional, and whether it creates a substantial likelihood of consumer confusion.
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