Trademarks and Legal Issues

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TmWeb This site offers a trademark search service for only $25.

TMHunter.com TrademarkHunter is a software program that helps attorneys, businesses and entrepreneurs search, download, manage and generate search reports for United States federal trademarks

@News This "round-up" article of cyberspace news contains details of an attempt to get the New York Post to pay $10,000 for the rights to nypost.com, and the ensuing lawsuit.

Computers, Communications & Media Newsletter Short article detailing Avon's successful legal action to reclaim the rights to "avon.com"

Intellectual Property Law Newsletter Another article about Avon and other companies.

Protecting Copyrights and Trade Secrets in Cyberspace Article published in the St. Louis Lawyer for July, 1996. Article covers many aspects of copyright in cyberspace, including the limited protection offered to trademarks with respect to domain names.

Chapter 3. Trademark Protection For Internet Domain Names by André Brunel This is one of eleven chapters contained in The Internet and Business: A Lawyer's Guide to the Emerging Legal Issues. It contains a very long discussion of the legal ramifications of domain names used as trademarks, and discusses several cases including those of "mcdonalds.com", "kaplan.com" and "mtv.com"

Company retains identity CNET article about a successful challenge to the ownership of "americanstandard.com"

August 5, 1996 - News Analysis Battle rages for Internet domains International groups struggle over jurisdiction of trademarks and names on Web Infoworld article about disputes in International domain name jurisdiction.

Service Patrols Internet For Illegal Trademark Use A company has set up a service to protect companies against trademark infringements on the Internet. This service includes checking the domain name registry frequently to guard against "pirate" registrations by other parties.

Domain Names Information on creating domain names for trademarks, and how to create good domain names to be trademarked later.

http://www.aldea.com/cix/maher.html Long, detailed article all about trademark issues on the Internet.

Name game for domain CNET article about Richard Schiff, who gave up the domain name thenewyorker.com to New Yorker magazine without a fight. The consensus is: fighting is better!

MarkWatch This company offers a service to police the Internet constantly to ensure that nobody is using your trademark illegally. At $895 per year, the service may be out of reach to some pockets.

Beep, Beep Article on legal battles for domain names, especially the one surrounding the use of "roadrunner.com"

Domain Name Rights Coalition This sounded promising: a group dedicated to fighting for the rights of domain name owners against large corporations. That is, until I read about the joining fees, $200 for companies and $50 for individuals.

Legal rights to Internet domain names A short article about legal rights to domain names and trademark issues.

Wells, St. John, Roberts, Gregory & Matkin P.S.
Law firm specializing in patents, trademarks and copyrights.