Question

Befriends corporation uses the trademark of community life inc., a social media site, as a meta tag without community life's permission. this may be permissible

a. under no circumstances.
b. if the appropriating site has nothing to do with the meta tag.
c. if the use is reasonably necessary.
d. if the two sites appear in the same search engine results.

Answer 1

Befriends corporation uses the trademark of community life inc., a social media site, as a meta tag without community life's permission. this may be permissible if the use is reasonably necessary. A trademark is designed by the company to brand their product. If the product or name is trademarked it will have a TM in the superscript to show it is a registered trademark to promote a particular brand or goods.

Answer 2

Using the trademark of a social media site Community Life Inc. by Befriends Corporation as a meta tag without community life's permission is permissible if the use reasonably necessary or the use constitutes trademark infringement. Therefore, the answer is letter C.