I started a company that offers an online service for profit. After branding the business registering a domain and building a website, I found a web presence offering similar services offline with a trademarked name similar to mine. For example, my website has a name like “Widgets Gadgets Web” and a domain name like “widgetsgadgetsweb.com”. The trademarked name would be like “WidgetsGadgets” (one word), but the two word version is a very common term that is not trademarked. I registered the domain based on knowledge of the common term, with no knowledge of the pre-existing trademark. I have already invested quite a bit in branding & pr materials before discovering this potential show stopper. Am I in violation of US trademark law?
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Is using a business name or domain similar to a trademarked name infringement?
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Patented and trademarked plants
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Patented and trademarked plants
Imagine you have a favorite patented rose and another one that is just trademarked. You are planning to take cuttings from each of these two roses to propagate additional plants for your own garden, for your friends or for your garden club’s plant sale.
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