4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
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4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
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Re: 4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
#2Is the name 4chan trademarked? It doesn't seem to be. Would it be easier to secure the .com if they trademarked the name first, then went after oversee?
Re: 4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
#3Is the name 4chan trademarked? It doesn't seem to be. Would it be easier to secure the .com if they trademarked the name first, then went after oversee?
Re: 4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
#4Is the name 4chan trademarked? It doesn't seem to be. Would it be easier to secure the .com if they trademarked the name first, then went after oversee?
Trademarks in the US don't need to be registered to be protected, like copyright (but unlike patents).
If you have established use of a mark before the registration (or use) of a competing/conflicting mark, you can defend it.
In fact, registration arguably provides no protection other than the fact that it makes it easier to search for your mark in the USPTO registry.
Re: 4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
#5Is the name 4chan trademarked? It doesn't seem to be. Would it be easier to secure the .com if they trademarked the name first, then went after oversee?
Trademarks in the US don't need to be registered to be protected, like copyright (but unlike patents). If you have established use of a mark before the registration (or use) of a competing/conflicting mark, you can defend it. In fact, registration arguably provides no protection other than the fact that it makes it easier to search for your mark in the USPTO registry.
No they do not, but it makes for a much easier defense. That is the whole point.
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#7Is the name 4chan trademarked? It doesn't seem to be. Would it be easier to secure the .com if they trademarked the name first, then went after oversee?
Trademarks in the US don't need to be registered to be protected, like copyright (but unlike patents). If you have established use of a mark before the registration (or use) of a competing/conflicting mark, you can defend it. In fact, registration arguably provides no protection other than the fact that it makes it easier to search for your mark in the USPTO registry.
> In fact, registration arguably provides no protection other than the fact that it makes it easier to search for your mark in the USPTO registry.
Isn't the trademark legally yours if you register and no one challenges for some period of time (I want to say 7 years)?
Re: 4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
#8I bet all the traffic to 4chan.com is from people mistaking it for 4chan.org as all it says is 'inquire about this domain'
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#10Is this just to troll? Even if someone looking for 4chan.org enteres 4chan.com first, isn't close to 100% of the target audience able to figure out what went wrong and fix it within seconds? (either by trying .org and co, or by dropping the tld altogether to trigger a web search).