crappytire.com

Just finished making an Open Directory category about the crappytire.com domain dispute. Canadian Tire went before an arbitration board to claim trademark infringement, since Crappy Tire is a colloquial name for them. Or as more than one article put it, their lawyers set out to prove that when Canadians say crappy tire, they mean Canadian Tire.

The press coverage was amusing. Most laughable domain dispute since Tata Sons, Ltd. claimed bodacious‐tatas.com was taking a cash‐ride on the image and status of the TATA mark.