Abandonement, in legal terms, has specific meaning. Intellectual property
typically must be unused (and unmarketed) for a period of 2 years or more
to even be considered abandoned.
This should not be an issue at all for IOD.
Gene...
At 02:03 PM 7/19/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Gordon and all,
>
> The one big problem that IDO has here is that their Registry is
>currently not in operation at this time, and hence could be grounds
>for CORE claiming that IOD has abandon their (TM? - SM) on
>.WEB.
>
>Gordon Cook wrote:
>
>> For release Monday, 19 July, 1999
>>
>> San Luis Obispo, California
>>
>> Lawyers for Image Online Design, Inc., owner of the .WEB Internet Domain
>> Registry, today sent letters to the Council of Registrars (CORE) and
>> Name-Space, requesting that they cease all use of Image Online Design's
.WEB
>> trademark. "Image Online Design owns valuable trademark rights in .WEB, and
>> we have invested substantial time, effort and money developing our registry
>> business in connection with the .WEB mark," said CEO John Frangie. Image
>> Online Design uses the service mark .WEB to identify its Internet domain
>> name registry and registrar services. "Image Online Design wants to make
>> sure there is no confusion over who owns the .WEB registry and the
rights to
>> the trademark," added Frangie.
>>
>> Image Online Design began operating its .WEB registry in July, 1996, and
>> has continuously offered registry and registrar services for its clients
>> throughout the United States and around the world. "At the beginning,"
>> noted Frangie, "it was expected that new registries would be added to
IANA's
>> root servers by October of 1996; that was IANA chief, Jon Postel's original
>> plan." The .WEB registry has always been fully operational and many
>> Internet users enjoy unfettered access to Internet names in Images Online
>> Design's .WEB registry. The addition would allow the rest of the
Internet's
>> users access to those names in the .WEB registry. Despite hang ups with
the
>> addition new top-level domains to the root servers, now operated by Network
>> Solutions under a U.S. Government contract, Image Online Design has
>> continued its .WEB registry services while actively participating in the
>> debate to add new registries.
>>
>> The letters simply ask that CORE and Name-Space cease their use of our
>> trademark. "We're looking forward to competing with both CORE and
>> Name-Space," said Frangie, "but their use of .WEB clearly infringes upon
our
>> rights, and confuses consumers. I'm sure that this will be worked out
>> quickly and amicably."
>>
>> "Trademark protection is an important issue surrounding the Internet
>> today," said Wes Monroe, attorney for Image Online Design. Monroe also
>> explained, "Courts have consistently held that traditional trademark
>> protection extends to the Internet's domain name system, and registry and
>> registrar services are no exception. CORE, by filing applications for
>> federal trademark registration for six marks, including .WEB, has indicated
>> that it believes that trademark rights apply to domain registry and
>> registrar services."
>>
>> About Image Online Design
>>
>> Image Online Design, Inc., of San Luis Obispo, California, operates the
>> .WEB Internet domain registry. More information about the company and its
>> .WEB registry can be found at its corporate web site, http://webtld.com or
>> http://nic.web.
>>
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>
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