BTW, the Exhibit A (which you should be binding all your customers to, if you're not you're in breach of your contract with us) for domain owners (in this case, for com/net/org) has a nice indemnity clause (unless you're a participating party)
http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/com_net_org/exhibita Pay particular attention to section 13 (and maybe 12) Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ivan > Sent: July 12, 2002 5:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: suggestions for action concerning possible trademark violation > > > Hi all, > > Have a new situation for us. A client has registered a domain name, which > includes in that domain a trademark of another company. Now the > company who > registered is an affiliate of the trademark holder. > > (example: bigbank.com is trademarked by Big Bank, the affiliate registers > BigBankStore.com) > > Ok, now Big Bank has sent notice that they believe BigBankStore.com > infringes on their trademark. As the Service Provider, and we > also host the > site for the client, what is the course we should be taking. The Client > resides in Singapore. Are we liable for their actions? Do we need to act? > Should we wait for a UDRP report before doing something? Any > suggestions or > similar experiences? > > Thanks > > _ivan > > >
