24 Jul
2006
24 Jul
'06
3:35 p.m.
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 -- If you're never wrong, you're not trying hard enough