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Username:	iplawyer
Date/Time:	Wed, June 21, 2000 at 11:55 PM GMT
Browser:	Netscape Communicator V4.7 using Windows 98
Score:	5
Subject:	Law of Cyber Squatting
Message:
Actually, under intellectual property law, trademark trumps domain name.  In other words, cases.web would not infringe cases.com unless cases.com was trademarked.  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office disregards the gtld in deciding whether to register a trademark.  Therefore, the name "cases.com" would be treated exactly the same as the name "cases" for trademark purposes.  Cases is such a generic word that it is very doubtful the PTO would grant a trademark (and cases.com is treated identically). Therefore, even if there is an active business called cases.com, cases.web would still be an excellent name for my web-based legal business.

Message Thread:

• ioDesign — iplawyer, June 19 @ 7:09 PM (2/18)
• go for it. — fnord, June 20 @ 4:41 AM (2/12)
• .net and .org taken — iplawyer, June 21 @ 12:05 AM (1/8)
• and... — fnord, June 21 @ 2:24 AM (2/7)
• Trademarking a Domain Name — iplayer, June 22 @ 12:07 AM (0/0)
• Law of Cyber Squatting — iplawyer, June 21 @ 11:55 PM (1/5)
• caselaw — fnord, June 22 @ 2:13 PM (2/4)
• Dot REG - you know it makes sense - common sense — Garry Anderson, June 23 @ 10:08 AM (0/0)
• .Com not a Bar to .Web — iplawyer, June 23 @ 12:08 AM (2/2)
• Common sense must prevail — Garry Anderson, June 23 @ 10:27 AM (0/0)
• hyperlinks — fnord, June 23 @ 1:07 AM (0/0)
• Tell me. . . — WorldThoughts, June 20 @ 9:38 AM (1/2)
• P.S. — WorldThoughts, June 20 @ 9:46 AM (1/1)
• .om — fnord, June 20 @ 5:55 PM (0/0)
• SUE — Lab, June 19 @ 8:55 PM (1/4)
• Lab, pal. . . — 410, June 19 @ 9:09 PM (1/3)
• Dear 410 — Lab, June 19 @ 9:29 PM (1/2)
• Man! — 410, June 19 @ 9:36 PM (1/1)
• :-) — Lab, June 19 @ 9:39 PM (0/0)

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