Ron Rivera the coach of the NFL’s Washington Football team said they are ‘Not Close’ to Decision on new team name. Colors will stay the same but the organization choosing a new nickname isn’t imminent. John B. Farmer is a lawyer with Leading-Edge Law Group PLC, a firm which specializes in intellectual property law. He […]
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Professional Sports leagues and domain names
When it comes to professional sports leagues the approach to domain names is not the same. In this post we are going to look at the NHL (National Hockey League) and MLB (Major League Baseball). The news today that Seattle named their new NHL franchise the Kraken got people talking plenty in sports tv and […]
Continue Reading5 Virtual events you can attend for free – Learn something new
If you are someone interested in virtual conferences but don’t want to spend a dime, there are a host of them coming up over the next few months. Some of these are just 1 day conferences, one is just a one hour webinar, and a couple are three day events. Flippa will be hosting a […]
Continue ReadingAn IP attorney’s take on the Booking.com decision
Jess Collen has been an IP attorney for 30 years and he covered the Booking.com case on Forbes. Jess did a good job of breaking down what this means for small and mid sized businesses. He also threw in a bonus for owners of true premium one word .coms. Collen wrote: “That the Trademark Office […]
Continue ReadingSome domain investors really just love to burn money
I actually laughed out loud when I saw the name, because it’s just so stupid to register. I was browsing UDRP decisions on The Forum and came across JakeFromStateFarm.club. .CLUB??? Why? Why would you register that in .club? Like who is going to buy it? You really can’t develop it Why would you go with […]
Continue ReadingWill Booking.com case potentially change the web as we know it?
I wrote a couple weeks back about the ICA and Booking.com. Today Quartz came out with a very sensationalist headline, “A .com trademark case at the US Supreme Court could change the web as we know it.” Ephrat Livni wrote a very detailed piece on the upcoming case going before the Supereme Court. From the […]
Continue ReadingThe ICA is backing Booking.com in their trademark fight
Last November I published an article about the Supreme Court agreeing to hear an appeal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The case centers around Booking.com and their desire to get a trademark on “Booking.com”. Wendy Davis of MediaPost wrote: The U.S. Patent and Trade Office refused to grant the company a trademark, arguing […]
Continue ReadingU.S. Supreme Court to consider blocking Booking.com trademark
Reuters reported that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. Federal courts have rejected trademarks for other similar names, such as hotels.com, mattress.com and lawyers.com. From the article: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a bid by a federal agency to prevent the popular […]
Continue ReadingFounder of Squadhelp interviewed at Inc
Darpan Munjal is the founder of Squadhelp, a company that helps people name their business. The naming platform has become very popular over the last year at Namepros with many members submitting names there. For the 2nd Time, Squadhelp.com has made the Inc. 500, Ranking No. 274 Mr. Munjal was interviewed for the upcoming issue […]
Continue ReadingAvoiding trademark trouble is always the right advice
So there is a member on Namepros that asked for advice on a name that they thought might be a problem intellectual property wise. The name was getvisacard.com, members of the community advised against the name and the member had the registration cancelled. Now they are having second thoughts, wondering if they made a mistake […]
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