Posts Tagged ‘trademark’
Collections of Information Antipiracy Act; Vessel Hull Design Protection Act; Trade Dress Protection Act; and Internet Domain Name Trademark Protection: … 3163, October 23 1997 and February 12, 1998
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Internet Domain Name Trademark Protection: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010A non business owns my domain name and I have a trademark for the name. Do I have the rights to the domain?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010It appears that a webmaster of some sort has snatched the domain for my company’s name. I have Trademarked my company name. I have heard that I may have legal right to it if noone is actually using it in association with a real website. Any assistance would be appreciated.
domain name, can user register a domain name contains a registered trademark, example: SONYmegastore.com ?
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010SONY is registered as a trademark , the user is in the business of selling SONY products, and would like to register the above domain name and site to sell his SONY items on the internet, but is it legal? will SONY come after him?
Do trademark laws govern website domain names?
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Like if I wanted a site called www.Lori’sClorox.com is that a trademark violation? I’ve looked at the trademark site with a fine tooth comb. Can’t find anything pertaining to the web. But….. since the US trademark only governs the US, how can it govern the web that is worldwide?
What Trademark Owners Need To Know About The New .co Domain Name Extensions
Saturday, May 1st, 2010With the .COM inventory nearly exhausted, .CO domains will be a perfectly positioned alternative domain extension. Recognized universally as the abbreviation for “company”, .CO is the ideal domain to extend a company’s brand’s reach and expand its web presence.
However, there is a downside to the upcoming release of the .CO domains, a potential for typo-squaters – those who register domain names that are one letter off of famous or registered trademarks – to divert Internet traffic away from the trademark holders.
Here’s what you need to know about the release and registration process should you wish to extend your domain name holdings and preclude a typo-squater from diverting traffic away from your Internet presence.
April 1st – Local Sunrise Period for Colombian Trademarks Opens
The Local Sunrise gives holders of Colombian trademarks first priority before the Global Sunrise Period opens to all other trademark holders. Only those that hold a Colombian trademark may apply for registrations during the Local Sunrise Period. All applications will be validated, and in the event there are multiple valid applications for the same string, an auction will be conducted to determine which applicant is awarded the domain.
To apply under the Local Sunrise Period Colombian Trademarks must be registered on or before July 30, 2008.
April 26th – Global Sunrise Period Opens
The Global Sunrise Period allows all trademark holders to submit applications for the .CO domain names corresponding with their trademarks before the registration of .CO domain names are open to the public. In the event there are multiple valid applications for the same string, an auction will be conducted to determine which applicant is awarded the domain.
To apply under the Global Sunrise Period Trademarks must be registered in any country on or before July 30, 2008.
June 21st – Back Ordering Period Opens
The Back Ordering Period allows anyone to back order the .CO domain they want before the .CO Registry opens to the general public. All matching applications will be resolved at auction.
July 20th – General Availability
General Availability will open to everyone on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Google moves to block Groggle over ’similar trademark’
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Google moves to block Groggle over ’similar trademark’
Internet search giant Google has threatened an Australian businessman with legal action if he tries to register his company Groggle as a trademark.
Read more on Daily Telegraph
How can we protect a domain name and trademark internationally?
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010We currently have a website in the U.S. which has our registered trademark name in the domain name. For example, www.mytrademarkname.com. In the US, this is my intellectual property and registered trademark. I have today learned that someone in China has used the exact same domain name (including my trademark name) as their domain, plus the .cn extension for China. What can we do to stop this from happening, and how can we prevent others from using our brand name and domain internationally in other countries simply by adding the country extension on to our domain???
Thanks!!
I own a domain name, registered in good faith before a trademark was reg’d. Must I relinquish the domain?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010In 2005, I designed a product that has not yet launched, and gave the product a name. The domain name for that product was taken, so I “backordered” the name through GoDaddy. It actually came up for auction several months ago and I purchased it.
AFTER I purchased it, another company obtained a trademark. Their use of the name only goes back a few months.
I did not cybersquat and my registration was in good faith. I have not put anything on the site for fear of infringing their trademark. Do I have any legal obligation to surrender the name?
How to File a Trademark
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010How to File a Trademark
Imagine spending extensive time, energy and finances on coming up with the perfect logo or design to represent your business. Then, consider how you would feel if your logo was appropriated by another business, perhaps your competition, and they claimed to have come up with the idea themselves. Wouldn’t you have wished there was some way to protect your business from creative theft?Luckily …
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