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echelonyesterday at 8:59 PM1 replyview on HN

You could search for "{trademark} competitors", "{trademark} reviews", "{trademark} vs ...", etc.

For bare trademark searches, we could write laws that allow competitors, but restrict taxing and bidding off the reserved mark above the trademark owner's result.


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terminalshortyesterday at 9:12 PM

You should be able to explicitly bid on trademarks because you intend to compete directly with that business. Nobody should ever have a legal right to appear at the top of search rankings for anything. Laws restricting business competition are almost never a good thing.

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