Guidelines for Registering a
Domain Name as a Trademark
TRADEMARKS GENERALLY
Types of
Trademarks
Scope of
Protection
Trademark Rights
Quick Facts
DOMAIN NAMES AS TRADEMARKS
The Rule
Examples
In Practice
Policy
SPECIAL ISSUES WITH DOMAIN NAMES
Surnames
Descriptiveness
Generic Refusals
Geographic Marks
Disclaimers
Phonetic Equivalent of a TLD
Miscellaneous Challenges Specific to Domain Names
INFRINGEMENT
Likelihood
of Confusion
Dilution
Defenses to Infringement
REFUSAL OF REGISTRATION
Sources:
- Ginsburg, Jane C., Litman,
Jessica, & Kevlin, Mary L., Trademark and
Unfair Competition Law, (Foundation Press, 3rd ed.) (2001).
- In
re William H. Eilberg, 49 U.S.P.Q.2d (1955), available at
http://www1.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/foia/ttab/other/1998/75162788.pdf.
- Trademark Act §2(e)(1),
15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1).
- Trademark Act §2(e)(4),
15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(4).
- Trademark Act §2(f), 15 U.S.C.
§1052(f).
- United States Department of Commerce,
Examination Guide No. 2-99 (1999), available
at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/notices/guide299.htm.
- Zuckman, Harvey L., Corn-Revere, Robert L., Frieden, Robert M., Kennedy, Charles H., Modern
Communication Law, (West Group) (1999).
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