10-09-2006, 11:18 PM
Interesting information Dave. I am not sure it would be that cut and dry. Or else people could just run ads themselves and steal domains. There is a point that even if you have prior use, if you go into a trademarked usage of the name you can still potentially get in trouble.
However see the long-standing legal battle between Apple Computers and Apple Records to see why this is not necessarily cut and dry. They had an agreement that Apple Computers would not get into music. Then they launched the iPod and iTunes. Apple Records believes this is a violation of their trademark, and Apple Computers disagrees.
However see the long-standing legal battle between Apple Computers and Apple Records to see why this is not necessarily cut and dry. They had an agreement that Apple Computers would not get into music. Then they launched the iPod and iTunes. Apple Records believes this is a violation of their trademark, and Apple Computers disagrees.