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From: Tim Shoppa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Internet (TM) and USPTO
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:21:50 -0400
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At the US Patent and Trademark Office's website
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/domain/domcl.html
I read that:
** The term "Internet" is still the subject of a proceeding at the
** Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
** Therefore, this term should not be used in identifying any
** goods or services connected with a
** global computer information network. Language such
** as "global computer information network"
** or a substantive equivalent should be used
** instead of the term "Internet."
A quick search of the USPTO database turns up no fewer than
1100 trademarks with "Internet" in them, with some of them
claiming commercial usage back to the mid-80's, and at least
one of them claiming the Word Mark "Internet".
Does anyone have more information on exactly what the proceeding
is, and maybe some speculation as to what it'll mean in real life?
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Tim Shoppa Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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