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Old 11-19-2010, 08:43 PM  
marketsmart
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Originally Posted by FlexxAeon View Post
depends on if registering the .com counts as 'doing commercial business' with the trademark. i don't remember if url registration was accepted as such

otherwise whoever shows that they had intent to do business with the trademark first has rights to the mark

....but i'm no lawyer
no, thats not true..

if you dont register the mark, you can limit yourself in the future..

i have the registered mark..

the issue is they showed commercial intent first with their model, but failed to trademark their name..

and its obvious that that originally searched for the domain i own, but just reversed it after they saw the domain was unavailable...


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Last edited by marketsmart; 11-19-2010 at 08:44 PM..
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