Comments on: Namejet: A Beehive of Trademark Violations http://acro.net/blog/domains/namejet-a-beehive-of-trademark-violations/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:19:38 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trademark http://acro.net/blog/domains/namejet-a-beehive-of-trademark-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-17881 Trademark Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:26:04 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=317#comment-17881 Hi Interested to hear about the Australian experience. We register trademarks in Australia and I'm not sure they can revert the domain back into pending delete. Just remember also that trademarks are registered for particular goods and services. If you have a domain name and use it for something completely different, that's not trademark infringement. Hi

Interested to hear about the Australian experience. We register trademarks in Australia and I’m not sure they can revert the domain back into pending delete.

Just remember also that trademarks are registered for particular goods and services. If you have a domain name and use it for something completely different, that’s not trademark infringement.

]]> By: JZ http://acro.net/blog/domains/namejet-a-beehive-of-trademark-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-10649 JZ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:10:36 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=317#comment-10649 I am in a similar situation at the moment. I actually beat halvarez at SnapNames for this domain, which I later found out GE has a trademark for, GE does not seem to care, someone else owns the .net, but since mine is the .com, I don't know if I should develop it. Any advice? I am in a similar situation at the moment. I actually beat halvarez at SnapNames for this domain, which I later found out GE has a trademark for, GE does not seem to care, someone else owns the .net, but since mine is the .com, I don’t know if I should develop it. Any advice?

]]> By: Simon http://acro.net/blog/domains/namejet-a-beehive-of-trademark-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-10611 Simon Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:03:39 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=317#comment-10611 The other thing you need to be careful of is overseas trademarks. This issue is hightened by the "complaints driven systems" belonging to ccTLD's. For example, I recently picked up a domain on the drop and had parked it for about 4 months only to receive a written letter from the entity that handles the ccTLD (not a UDRP or even an email). Apparently an overseas company complained and although there was no trademark or entity using that name in Australia (in my case), they put my domain name back into Pending Delete! I decided that it wasn't worth the time or energy to argue this and moved on. The other thing you need to be careful of is overseas trademarks.

This issue is hightened by the “complaints driven systems” belonging to ccTLD’s. For example, I recently picked up a domain on the drop and had parked it for about 4 months only to receive a written letter from the entity that handles the ccTLD (not a UDRP or even an email). Apparently an overseas company complained and although there was no trademark or entity using that name in Australia (in my case), they put my domain name back into Pending Delete!

I decided that it wasn’t worth the time or energy to argue this and moved on.

]]> By: Irish Domainer http://acro.net/blog/domains/namejet-a-beehive-of-trademark-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-10602 Irish Domainer Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:07:53 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=317#comment-10602 Good article and point mate. iD Good article and point mate.

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