Re: Trademarks and domain namees

by Doug Isenberg <disenberg(at)GigaLaw.com>

Date:	Thu, 04 Jan 2001 16:59:17 -0500
To:	Suzanne Ankerbrand <sankerbrand(at)villagelife.org>, hwg-business(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:
	todo: View Thread, Original

         Domain names and trademark disputes are very common!  However, 
like all things legal, any informed opinion would depend on a number of 
facts not provided.  Among other things, a lawyer would want to know what 
the trademark is, when/if it was registered (and where), how it is 
being/has been used, what the domain name is, how it is being used, and 
more.  I'm not asking you to provide that info on this list or to me 
directly (as a matter of fact, please do NOT do so); I'm only pointing out 
that every case is different.  For some background reading on domain name 
disputes, the following articles may be useful:

Battling Cybersquatters: New Tools for Trademark Holders, 
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/kubiszyn-2000-02-p1.html

New Domain Name Dispute Procedure Takes Effect, 
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/stewart-2000-02-p1.html

and other articles at http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/domainnames.html

Doug Isenberg, Esq.
Editor & Publisher, GigaLaw.com
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At 06:34 PM 1/4/01, Suzanne Ankerbrand wrote:
>Hi,
>Have a client who whose company name has been trademarked for 10 years or
>so. He wants to use the company name as his domain, but discovered someone
>else registered the name a few months ago. He's in a tizz and doesn't
>understand how someone could take his trademarked name and want's to know
>if he has legal right to the domain name.
>
>Any opinion?
>
>Suzanne
>
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