MSN Fighting Cyersquatting and Typosquatters

Discussion in 'Bing' started by Ganceann, Aug 22, 2006.

  1. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    #21
    If a usage predates microsofts, then they probably wouldn't have a good claim, however, once a trademark receives "uncontestable" status, there are limitations on expansion of a prior usage (i.e if you owned a little cafe called "Starbucks" and you were using it first, didn't contest the trademark filing, you couldn't decide to open up a chain of coffee stores - but could continue to operate your original store). There is also nothing stopping a company for filing a lawsuit against someone resulting in large legal fees - fees that would not be able to be recovered in most cases. Mike Rowe (real name) found this out when he registered MikeRoweSoft.com (phonetic, misspellings, and even foreign spellings can be ruled trademark infringement. You also do not have the right to use your real name if it infringes upon an existing trademark i.e. even if your real last name was "Trump" you couldn't open a casino called "Trump Casino".

    If someone is thinking about registering a domain in hopes of getting traffic because of a popular trademark, then it's probably infringement. The TLD makes no difference. Adding words to a trademark i.e. MySpaceCodesandCheats is still infringement because it contains the trademarked term. Federal Trademark holders can get treble legal fees, damages, and any income that was generated from the infringing site.

    Trademarks are granted by classification - there are actually several owners of trademarks on "MySpace" or "Apple" but each has a different usage (classification). There are some companies (IBM) which have broad protection (trademarks in every class) which effectively prevent any usage of their trademark.
     
    mjewel, Aug 26, 2006 IP
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    ArcticPro Banned

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    #22
    Yeah they can't go after Microwave.com for example it's a general name. :D
     
    ArcticPro, Aug 26, 2006 IP
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    soccerfriend Well-Known Member

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    #23
    there is nothing wrong about it..
     
    soccerfriend, Aug 27, 2006 IP
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  5. amitpatel_3001

    amitpatel_3001 Results Follow Patience

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    #25
    This is the main reason why these domains are booked. :(
     
    amitpatel_3001, Aug 28, 2006 IP
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    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    #26
    When people get domains that have trademarked names as whole or part of the domain name.
    I am all for companies going for all domains that include their names and trademarks.
    Why should these types of websites make money off the parent company?
     
    iowadawg, Aug 28, 2006 IP
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    Pepsi Live Banned

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    #27
    They should of known better.
     
    Pepsi Live, Aug 28, 2006 IP
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    #28
    Blizzard Entertainment was doing the same at some time..and they were sending some funny smail to domain owners.
     
    rehash, Aug 29, 2006 IP