> I know it's a little off topic but I'm sure everyone here would have concern on this. > > I'm living in Canada and I own some domain names. We all should have beening hearing many domain disputes in the US, but never any from Canada. I'm wondering if I register a trademark in Canada, meanwhile somebody else in the states has the same trademark. If we come to a domain dispute between us, will the states trademark rule out the Canadian trademark? IMO this depends on the trademarks in question, and it is rather a trademark and not a domain issue. For examlpe if I have a firm Mickey Mouse Inc. in Tuvalu, do I have the right to register mickeymouse.com? (Let's consider the domain is not yet taken.) Yes it seems. However, the question is: do I have the right to have a company named Mickey Mouse at all? If Disney Inc. wanted the domain, first they would sue you for using their trademark as a company name, and after that they would take your domain :-) (I suppose Mickey Mouse is probably a trademark in all countries.) But, in case your trademark is a valid one - I mean it cannot be attacked by other trademark holders - then domain name registration happens on a first-come-first-served basis. This is of course only my private opinion. - Csongor
