> An example is "Ford Automobiles". You and I could not start a "Ford > Tire Company" or "Ford Windhsield Wiper Factory" or so on. You could > start Ford Marshmallows, but not Ford Leather Auto Seating. Ford > Clinic, but not Ford Tow Bars.
What aboug Ford's Towing Company? http://www.fordsservice.com/ Granted, the issue of whether the services are "related" is the key element (unless they argue the mark is famous). > and anything vaguely related to the "IG economy". What about the Dollar economy, or the Yen economy. One should hope that the IG economy would grow to the point one may not consider every company accepting IG currencies as being related. > I'm just talking, Adam, about what the reality is. Not political > views on trademarks and how it SHOULD be, just what would happen > in all first world countries. Granted, and unfortunately you are probably 100% correct. However, are those "first world" legal systems necessarily the authoritative? e-gold-casino.com is in Russia (is that still "second world"?). ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Protocol (UDRP) via WIPO Arbitration is what should be authoritative, I am currently investigating. I do know that UDRP does not consider trademark in a domain as automatic infringement. There appears to be an interesting database here: http://udrp.law.cornell.edu In which I find the following: e-g0ld.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 e-g9ld.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 e-gild.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 e-gkld.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 e-glld.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 e-glld.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 e-qold.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 3-gold.com Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. v. furlan, giacomo 05/23/02 There are only 28 disputes in that database with "gold" in the domain name, none of which involve G&SR or E-Gold (except the above). So I guess we will see, provided anyone has the balls to use e-gold in a domain name and defend it if they ever get disputed. I'll volunteer once I have a little more capital reserve. I own several domain names containing e-gold, and I am also not under U.S. jurisdiction (Costa Rica). Adam --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
