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Old 10-27-2006, 02:20 AM  
WiredGuy
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Originally Posted by borked View Post
Now, while IANAL, if you registered your domain using jordancapri AFTER 10/10/2006, then you could have some possible problems, but limited to proven damages. Maybe even none. But if you registered before 10/10/2006, I'm pretty darn sure, first use on a non-registered name holds diddly squat in a court of law.

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the first-use thing only holds water if the trademark has been granted. That's all.
Have you ever dealt with intellectual property / TM's before? Once the TM is registered, it won't be hard to show dillusion of the service mark. But hey, that's gonna be Matt's job, not mine.
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