Domain Snapping
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Posted by admin on 17 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Domain Snapping, Hall Of SEO, Safaris + Travel
Similarities ‘tween material and graphic amusement
The show must proceed as they state and so it will be in both interpersonal media and entertainment in social living. Weather you run a blog or an amusement parkland like Rollercoaster Park, Tivoli or Universal Studios, you will want dealings and visitors to your entertainment ballpark or your blog.
To achieve the quantities of visitors you will want to advertize your entertainment institution or your blog. Especially for your web log it is as well very important to meter the dealings and study the visitors behavior. Dealings sources are also highly important and you must measure and examine keywords and SE visitors, this can be done for free utilizing Google Analytics or the Free Trial SEO Support.
No matter if you have a website or a material world amusement park you must present your visitors fantastic experiences, something they will commemorate and something they will come back for. There are some similarities ‘tween real and virtual entertainment and both meet a role in modern day life. It would be wrong to argue otherwise.
The most serious entertainment web sites draws exactly as many visitants as do physical amusement parks like Universal Studios or Lego Land. There are, of course, divergences in the manner the amusement will come out, online you only have a screen to produce the experience but the approachability is very much broader on the net, which can be found in every household, while entertainment parks are only found in the vicinity of larger cities and the upper order amusement parks can just be observed in a few spots in the world.
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Posted by admin on 10 May 2009 | Tagged as: Domain Snapping
If you have or are about to purchase a domain name, YOU could be in trouble and you don’t even know it yet…
See, what the domain sellers won’t tell you is that the domain name you are purchasing or have purchased can possibly infringe on trademark rights and you can lose that domain name or even worse.
Trademark and servicemark laws apply not only off-line but on-line as well and they even apply to domain names.
Now, a trademark generally applies to goods where as a servicemark applies to services. For the purpose of this article I will refer to trademarks as the same rules apply.
A trademark can be a word, name, symbol, or device and it is used to distinguish and indentify the goods and services from one person or company from that of another.
The purpose of a trademark is to prevent confusion in the eyes of the consumer relating to particular goods and services. Basically, they are in place to prevent unfair competition.
So with that said, just because you purchased a particular domain name it does not necessarily mean you have exclusive rights to it.
If there is a trademark in your domain name, the mark owner has a legal right to send you a “cease and desist” letter and possibly take that domain name away from you.
If you don’t believe a word I’ve said so far then I offer myself as proof because it happened to me. I recently lost one of my domain names under this exact same circumstance.
For legal reasons I can’t tell you the domain name as I agreed to make no further references to it, but there were two words in my domain name that were associated with a trademark.
Now, I wasn’t aware of this when I purchased the domain name. And I definitely wasn’t aware of trademark laws.
Don’t be ignorant on the subject like I was. You can avoid any potential problems by educating yourself and thereby preventing the samething from happening to you.
Don’t make the same mistake that I did!
Do your research before you buy a domain name and make sure there is NO trademark associated with that name.
There are trademark search engines where you can type in a word or a phrase and it will tell you if it is a trademark.
You can visit the United States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) website to do a trademark search:
Now, in my case I chose not to fight the trademark dispute and gave up my domain name voluntarily. I felt it just wasn’t worth the time, money and headaches to launch a fight over this.
If this should ever happen to you, you do have rights and there are proper channels to go through to settle the dispute. Contact a lawyer who specializes in this field.
And don’t even think for one minute that this sort of thing can’t happen to you. Trust me. If you have a trademark in your domain name it is only a matter of time before you get that letter in the mail like I did.
There are numerous cases all over the internet concerning disputes over trademark and domain names.
Don’t you be one of them…
If you would like more information on the subject of trademarks and domain names then I highly recommend you visit this website:
http://www.chillingeffects.org/domain
This article and any links associated with it are for informational purposes only and not intended as legal advice. As always, speak to an attorney who specializes in this field in the event of a dispute.
Al Martinovic is the publisher of the Millenium Marketers Newsletter where you will find powerful concepts, killer strategies, useful tips and no bull business advice: http://www.milleniummarketers.com
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