http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/ Internet technologies Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:07:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/#comment-4047 Thu, 17 May 2007 16:41:18 +0000 http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/#comment-4047 "NORD" is trademarked, yet NetIdentity (now TuCows), use it. Is this ok? or do they have it trademarked also ? If they don't, are they cybersquatters? “NORD” is trademarked, yet NetIdentity (now TuCows), use it. Is this ok? or do they have it trademarked also ? If they don’t, are they cybersquatters?

]]> http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/#comment-3 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:47:41 +0000 http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/#comment-3 Fair enough, and thanks for offering your opinion. But I still don't see much difference between the two. Names are used by both people like me, and by companies like mine to identify themselves and their products. If a person shouldn't profit from using a domain SIMILAR TO a company's trademark or service mark, why should a company be allowed to profit from using people's names on an industrial scale. Doesn't this line of reasoning suggest that people should register their names as trademarks if they wish to get the same protection that companies enjoy? Fair enough, and thanks for offering your opinion. But I still don’t see much difference between the two. Names are used by both people like me, and by companies like mine to identify themselves and their products. If a person shouldn’t profit from using a domain SIMILAR TO a company’s trademark or service mark, why should a company be allowed to profit from using people’s names on an industrial scale. Doesn’t this line of reasoning suggest that people should register their names as trademarks if they wish to get the same protection that companies enjoy?

]]> http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/#comment-2 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:29:35 +0000 http://mikeward.net/2006/06/21/doug-isenberg-domainers-vs-cybersquatters/#comment-2 There's a tremendous difference between trading on someone else trademark, and making services based on surnames available to everyone with an interest in that surname. If smith.net had been registered by Fred Smith, only he could use it. Because it was registered by NetIdentity, anyone can use smith.net for a nominal fee. Neither extortion nor piecemeal. There’s a tremendous difference between trading on someone else trademark, and making services based on surnames available to everyone with an interest in that surname. If smith.net had been registered by Fred Smith, only he could use it. Because it was registered by NetIdentity, anyone can use smith.net for a nominal fee. Neither extortion nor piecemeal.

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