Tag Archives: domain trademark

Mon 28th June 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New Company Wants to Help Unmask Private Whois Records - A possible new entrant into the trademarked domain recovery industry. NameDepot.com, Inc. has filed a trademark application for “RealRegistrant”, with services described as: Application service provider, namely service, software, database, web interface, and technical support for users to obtain information about the owner or registrant of a domain name when the WHOIS information is obscured by a domain name WHOIS Privacy or Proxy service; domain name information ... read more ...
Fri 24th July 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Trademarking Generic Domain Names Just Got Harder - Court rules Hotels.com can’t be trademarked. A federal appeals court has ruled against Hotels.com in its bid to trademark its name. The court ruled that “Hotels” is generic and descriptive of its business. Here’s what it means for domain name owners: 1. Generic domain names are harder to trademark and thus harder to protect. For example, Candy.com would likely not be able to get a trademark. However, the use of a generic term not related to the principle ... read more ...