Sender: James Brazell <•••@••.•••>
The policy is called "first right of usage." Simply by using the domain
name you have a legal right to pre-empt a trade mark filled after you are
using it. I just went through this and lost our domain name.....
Jim
On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Henry Huang wrote:
> On Sep 6, 1:22, Steve Eppley wrote:
> > What happens if a domain name gets trademarked *after* the domain
> > name is assigned? Shouldn't the holder of the domain name be
> > allowed to keep it?
...
> The current policy on this is at the RS Internic FTP site:
>
> ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic.domain.policy
>
> The answer to your question lies in item #4. All applicants are now held
> responsible for defending, not only itself, but the NSI (+parents and
> subsidiaries), NSF, IANA, and and all employees/directors/agents/etc. of
> them from *ANY* legal action stemming from the use or registration of the
> Domain Name. This includes trademark violations.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Sender: •••@••.••• (Douglas Tooley)
I'm no intellectual property rights attorney but nonetheless I find this
trademark requirement disturbing.
It is generally not standard practice to obtain a trademark for a smaller
business. Nonetheless some legal rights due acrue to the owner of the
business with regards to the name. Trademarks are generally the province of
large corporations, and I believe, somewhat redundant.
This regulation seems to differ from standard law regarding name protection
and does so in a manner that favors large corporations-witness the previous
anecdote about the 'Fry' folk. Again though I'm not attorney and I'd sure
like to hear a definitive answer on this one.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Douglas Tooley Know any good lawyer jokes?
•••@••.•••
Seattle, Washington "Justice is incidental to law and
USA order"
- J. Edgar Hoover
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Sender: •••@••.••• (Simona Nass)
Steve Eppley <•••@••.•••> wrote:
>What happens if a domain name gets trademarked *after* the domain
>name is assigned? Shouldn't the holder of the domain name be
>allowed to keep it?
>
>I couldn't tell from the post what the policy would be, and whether
>the "bottom line" at the moment is really that everyone needs to
>trademark their domain names if they want to protect them.
I doubt the InterNIC has tackled that yet. If they follow their
typical policy, they'll wait for a dispute before considering the
matter. -S.
Simona •••@••.•••
President, SOCIETY FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS | Promoting civil liberties
For information, write to •••@••.••• | and access in cyberspace.
~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
Posted by -- Andrew Oram -- •••@••.••• -- Cambridge, Mass., USA
Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR)
World Wide Web:
http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/cyber-rights.html
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~hwh6k/public/cyber-rights.html
FTP:
ftp://jasper.ora.com/pub/andyo/cyber-rights
You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages and online materials,
pursuant to any contained copyright & redistribution restrictions.
~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
