The aggressiveness of a web based business’ outreach, while cost effective, can expose it to answering claims filed in distant courts. Protecting your domain name may require an e-business owner nevertheless to sue in an inconvenient location.,
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HOW PROTECTABLE IS YOUR DOMAIN NAME?
Posted in ACCPA, Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Domain Names, E-Business, Internet Sales, personal jurisdiction, Trademarks, tagged ACCP Act, ACCPA, domain names, E-Business and Taxes; Internet Sales, personal jurisdiction on October 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
HOW FAR IS TOO FAR TO POLICE YOUR WEBSITE?
Posted in Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Domain Names, E-Business, Internet Sales, personal jurisdiction, Trademarks, tagged Anti-Cybersquatting, domain names, Internet Business, personal jurisdiction on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Advertising your business over the Internet need not expose you to litigation everywhere in the USA just because your message can be viewed nationwide. However, there is a fine line as to the kinds of activities you may engage in on-line which, if once crossed, could be viewed by a court as giving you sufficient contacts with the distant state to require you to defend you actions there.
A STAR VS A SWOOSH FOR A TRADEMARK
Posted in Logo Designs, Service Marks, Trademarks on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A trademark exists only if in the mind of Ms. Q. Public, it successfully acts as an identifier of the source of the goods or services being sold. In the case of a logo, it is important to avoid adopting ordinary geometric shapes because they can be considered by a consumer as mere decoration and therefore not eligible to be protected as a trademark.
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