Open letter to ScotiaBank and VISA cretid card company.

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:27:41 -0500 (EST)

  I sent this to Scotiabank via their online feedback form:

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I am currently a Scotiabank Visa customer.  It has come to my attention
that VISA credit card company is suing under trademark law a company
called evisa.com which offers *travel* related services, a dictionary
usage of the term 'visa'. In many respects, they have more right to use
the name than the credit card company does.

I would like you to know that if Visa succeeds in destroying the
dictionary usage of this word, that I will be boycotting the VISA credit
card.  I will still need a credit card, so I may be switching to another
bank in order to deal with this issue.

I felt it was appropriate for you to know, and to advise VISA to drop this
insane abuse of trademark law!

http://www.eff.org/Cases/Visa_v_JSL/20021121_eff_pr.html

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Note: To see some of the other inappropriate trademark claims they make to
wards with other more common dictionary meanings, see
http://corporate.visa.com/footer/legal.shtml

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