there are trademarks established by use that do not need to be registered, as in common law, others are based on use and official registering the trademark.
the key is use. if you aren't using it, then i don't think you establish exclusive rights or trademark rights.... you should note, i ain't a lawyer.
Swerve
From: Beckie Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Chippewa Valley Web
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:53:28 -0500
To: William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Chris M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NetSol holding on to names
Interesting...
Can you copyright a domain name so that later in life if someone does use it they can be sued? You can copyright a business name...
wxWeb.com wrote:
Thursday, May 23, 2002, 1:09:09 PM, Chris M wrote:
At 03:51 PM 5/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
If the name is important to him,
he should immediately pay the renewal to Netsol and then transfer to you
afterwards.
Swerve
Yes I know, but that wasn't my question :) When will it become available
again?
His point is that there is no set time on that.
Verisign Registrar has been known to hold on to "expired" domain names
for years in some cases, while others are released in the normal 45
days from expire. It's hit and miss, and there is no sane pattern to
it.
