Is Titanic a trademark ?

Hi guys.. I've just registered Titanic.co.in domain.. but I don't know if its a trademark or not.. Can anyone please help me.
thanks.

 

Yes. It is protected by the company who developed / owned the ship Titanic.

 

Oh..then.. what to do with the domain ?

 

Just Checked... All the Titanic.com , .net , .org , .info , .biz , .in ,etc.. are registered by different people.. and Few are even sedo parking them..
Wow.! So, I think.. its ok to have it..

 

And whats the pupose of your domain? to sell Titanic DVD's, Books, Logs,T-Shirts online? or provide information about that tragic day.

 

Just like a wiki.. to provide information.

 

I don't think it would become problem if you're just providing information. Except if you're selling those merchandise item, then they will come to you..

 

I Hardly doubt they are to come behind the trademark .. specially if you are using for information purpose

 

Titanic is a word that you can find in the dictionary, just as apple, jaguar, mustang and trump are words. Whether the word is a trademark (or infringes someone else's trademark) depends on how it is used. I can use any of those words in a way that infringes a mark, or I can use them in ways that the trademark owner would have no legitimate claims of infringement.

 

.... You mean people who died a good many years ago?

 

No........................

 

Is Titanic a trademark?

Make sure your usage doesn't confuse people with theirs above...and more.

 

Erm, yes - actually - John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan died in 1913. He was the owner of the ship.

 

Thanks a lot for the info.. I feel safe now

 

It makes absolutely no difference if one or all of the owners of the Titanic are dead. There are many valid trademark on the term. The founders of IBM, CocaCola and Walmart are dead. It has nothing to do with being a valid trademark. A trademark does not cease to exist just because the original founder dies.

 

interesting read here,

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/11/n...itanic-buff-dispute-commercial-use-famed.html

apparently the ship Titanic has no trademark on it , but after the movie Titanic, there at least 60 to 70 trademarks on the word now ,

i guess in your case it will depend on the usage of it !

 

'Titanic' is a trademark owned by Harland & Wolff, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The company owns the trademark. Irrespective of whoever else 'claims' to be the 'owner' it is still owned by H&W has been for some time. Check it out with the UK Patents' Office.

 

Does the UK patent has any effect towards the use in other countries say Canada and the States?

 

I don't think it does. It complies with EU Patent Law - covering member states of the European Community. Given that Canada and US have so many states which in turn have their own laws I don't think UK/EU Patent Law would apply. In 1999 Harland and Wolff instigated legal proceedings against 20th Century Fox and Marco Pierre White. The former because they used the word 'Titanic' in the film and the latter because he opened a restaurant in London, England, called 'Titanic'. 20th Century Fox responded by instigating a counteraction and petitioning the UK Patents Office to have the word 'Titanic' de-classified on the grounds that it did not in fact possess an innovative which under UK Patent Law it needs to have in order to be registered. Unfortunately, I don't know the outcome of either case. In the event that the word 'Titanic' was de-classified and 20th Century Fox won, then the case against Marco Pierre White would have been dropped. Hope some of this helps.

 

you can check it online .. somewhere i think the register is called "WPIO" or something like that