You are getting copyright and trademarks confused - they are completely separate types of IP.
Also, your logic about trademark protection is very flawed. It's a lot more complicated than "if I register a trademark I can get any number of gTLDs of a person without a trademark". Lee Hodgson - Author of the groundbreaking "6.30 AM Domain Goldrush" articles. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.domainguru.com <- Your Personal Domain Name Consultant. FREE expiring domain searches at http://expire.domainguru.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oleg Chebotarev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beckie Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "William X Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Chris M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: Re: NetSol holding on to names > Yes you can! > But you can only copyright domain not domain name. > So you can not copyright yourproposednowdomain.com, but you can > copyright yourproposednowdomain. You'll get .com .net .org > Automatically. For example your business has/filled for trade mark > abracadabra1d4 then you have rights for > abracadabra1d4.com > abracadabra1d4.net > abracadabra1d4.org I know that it relates to gTLD. > Not sure about ccTLD. > Even if some one registered abracadabra1d4.com 5 years ago, > and then your business got TM 2 month ago > the you can sue anyone/any company/any etc how owns .com .net .org > for the standard $50,000 + $50,000 + $5,000. > I am not sure if you are required to give them notice of tm violation. > Oleg > --- Beckie Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com
