Icann Watch has shamed me into commenting on Singapore’s application to register .SG (the country-code for Singapore) as a trademark, by wondering out loud what the Trademark Blog thinks on this. I had ignored the time yesterday because, to paraphrase Stephen Daedulus, “Domain Name politics is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
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CENTRINO brand announced by Intel
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Coverage of Intel’s new CENTRINO brand.
p.s. Intel registered the centrino.com domain name back in February. It filed trademark applications for CENTRINO and INTEL INSIDE CENTRINO in October.
KUBANG? WASHU?
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Branding by carmakers – via cnn.com.
Eight Circuit Decision on 1-800-MERCEDES
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A Mercedes dealership obtains the toll-free number 1-800-MERCEDES in the mid-80’s. Mercedes complains but doesn’t really do anything about it. The dealership goes a step further, and licenses the number out to six other Mercedes dealerships around the country (so if calls come from certain area codes, they are routed to those delaerships, otherwise they…
Don't Ever Do This
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A lawfirm may not advise a client on its rights vis-a-vis another client (without the second client’s waiver). When evaluating trademark search report, a lawyer should not evaluate marks owned by other clients of the firm (although given that these reports contains several hundred hits, it is logistically difficult for a lawyer, even one with a…
Dear Advisor: My Domain Name of Choice is Taken
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Small business owner asks small business advisor Alice Jacobs:
Q: I am planning to launch an online business that markets a specialty product. I checked to see if the domain name I wanted was available. Unfortunately, the only addresses left for me to choose from are limited to one of the the new endings, .US…
RED BULL Tequila and RED BULL Malt Liquor
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An application for RED BULL for tequila is rejected by the TTAB on the basis of prior registrations for RED BULL for scotch whiskey and malt liquor. Although apparently there aren’t manufacturers who sell tequila and whiskey or malt liquor, the public might assume that there are. Via the Finnegan firm.
The Konica Minolta Domain Name Sweepstakes
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Konica and Minolta announced yesterday that it will merge to form Konica Minolta Holdings. Congratulations to:
Registrant:
Jinhee Lee
Rm. 101-1210, Ssangyong Apt., 702, Changsin-3 Dong Chongro-Ku
Seoul
Domain Name: KONICAMINOLTA.COM
Registrar: HANGANG Systems,Inc. dba doregi.com
Administrative, Technical, Billing Contact:
Jinhee Lee Applelee@lycos.co.kr
(02)-762-7483
Record created…
1-800-MIS-SPELL
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I’m sorry I missed this when it came out in September. Here’s an article from Telephony (via ICB Toll Free News) regarding the practice of mis-spelled toll free numbers (as in 1-800-OPERATER instead of 1-800-OPERATOR).
Here was a strange Sixth Circuit case from 1996 in which Holiday Inn, owner of 1-800-HOLIDAY was not…
Proposed Definition of the Practice of Law
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Via BNA Internet Law News, an article regarding the ABA attempting to define the practice of law, so as to allow states to enforce statutes that prohibit the unauthorized practice of law. A pending defintion: “the application of legal principles and judgment with regard to the circumstances or objectives of a person that requires…