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Re: managing mycompany.{all iso TLD + icann TLD) ?

  • From: Doug Barton
  • Date: Mon Jul 24 15:36:36 2006 
Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> Someone's possesion of a domain name contining a string you have a
> trademark on *in one specific line of business* *does not constitute an
> infringement of your trademark*.
> 
> Unless they *use it* *in conjunction with a product or service name*
> *in the appropriate line of business* *in a jurisdiction where you hold
> trademark rights*, they're not infringing you, and registering the
> string in 435 TLD's just to make sure they can't is the worst kind of
> stupid.

If I can borrow from Randy, I encourage my competitors (and more importantly
the competitors of my clients) to operate in the manner you describe.

Doug

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