Fact Pattern 9-2​ CallTalk Corporation, a Smartphone and Phone-Time Seller, Chooses to Use

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Fact Pattern 9-2​
CallTalk Corporation, a smartphone and phone-time seller, chooses to use and register "calltalk" as its domain name. Later, CallTalk's less successful competitor, CellTalk Company, chooses to use and register "caltalk" (an intentional misspelling of "calltalk") as its domain name. Still later, Call&Talk, Inc., uses the domain name "callltalk" (also a deliberate misspelling of "calltalk") without CallTalk's authorization, to sell pornographic phone conversations.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 9-2. By using a domain name similar to CallTalk's, CellTalk is most likely

• A) ​diminishing the quality of CallTalk's mark.
• B) ​making a fair use of CallTalk's mark.
• C) ​licensing the use of CallTalk's mark to itself.
• D) ​engaging in smart competitive conduct.

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