A trademark is used to protect the brands of commercial products. It a trademark would not seem to be enforceable in the case that the presumed “infringing person” is not offering a product for sale. It is also not clear that a person can protect a FaceBook group with a trademark, when the admin status was given to someone else. There are no damages. If used in this way, it would be just a ploy to intimidate people, who admin state and local groups, with the threat of a lawsuit, which would not be significant enough to take to small claims court.
Neighbors evidently sees Impeach Obama protests as merely another commercial activity. You have to ask yourself, why someone so obsessed with his own commercial interest would not just sell out to the highest bidder when the time is ripe. Click “Neighbors Scandal” under categories in the right margin to read more on this topic.
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