AFAIK and IANAL
They don't need a TM on the TLDs, only the logo implementation of IBM and YAHOO
respectively. In this case, it is a set of TLDs, or could be.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff
> Williams
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 9:06 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order
>
>
> Bill and all,
>
> Um, Bill Yahoo and IBM already have trademarks on their Domain names...
> But they do not have TM on .IBM and .Yahoo respectively...
>
> Bill Lovell wrote:
>
> > At 05:22 PM 4/1/99 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Gregbo and all,
> > >
> > >Greg Skinner wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> Furthermore, my guess is that if people start registering
> TLDs as trademarks
> > >> en masse, eventually we will have the root(s) filled with .ibm, .att,
> > >> .yahoo, etc.
> > >
> > > I seriously doubt this. Why? Well the answer is simple. Many
> > >of these that you mention here, .Yahoo and .IBM would be refused
> > >TM's for obvious reasons, as will many others...
> >
> > Um, IBM and Yahoo already have trademarks. One does not "trademark"
> > a domain name any more than one trademarks the pencil and paper with
> > which the trademark name is written down, this computer screen on
> > which this deathless prose is being written, or that box-like thing in
> > my living room from which emits almost as much endless nonsense
> > as . . . oh, pardon me. Anyway, a domain name (TLD or otherwise) is
> > one way among many of setting out one's trademark, and the fact that
> > it also serves as routing code doesn't change that.
> >
> > Bill Lovell
> > >
> > >--
> > >Jeffrey A. Williams
> > >CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
> > >Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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> Regards,
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
> CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
> Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
> E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Contact Number: 972-447-1894
> Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
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