A look at some of the more interesting trademark applications including the word “domain”.
Filing a trademark or service mark in the United States is fairly affordable, costing as little as a few hundred dollars if you only have one class of goods or services. Here’s a look at some accepted and rejected trademarks including the word “domain”.
GoDaddys Domains.com: Graham R Clark of Conroe, Texas plopped down $325 for this application, claiming a first use in commerce of 2005. I think he was about 5 years too late. It was rejected.
Domain REIT: Aynilian Jr. Vahram applied for this service mark for “The acquisition, income generation and management of internet domain names.” He claimed a first use of March 2004, about the time that Internet REIT was getting off the ground. It was rejected, but not because of likelihood of confusion: Vahram didn’t mark his citizenship on the application form.
Domain Name Aftermarket: GoDaddy didn’t invent the domain name aftermarket, nor was it the first to use the term. But that didn’t stop it from getting a service mark on the term for “Global computer system domain name searching services; information services concerning availability of domain names; services providing information indicating expired domain names, services providing information concerning listings of domain names for sale by others.”
Ramiro says
FYI. My company secured the trademark for “domainalysis” in 2007.
Andrew says
@ Ramiro – I noticed you got the trademark while I sifted through USPTO…I recall you saying you had the domain. Congrats on the TM.