Re: [ga] About GA membership again......

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 27-Mar-2000 John Palmer wrote:
> But you do get service marks by being first to use them on a product. Thats
> the law.
> I cannot copyright or servicemark the word SATURN, but I can create a motor
> car and call it SATURN and no one else can use
> the word SATURN for their brand of motor cars.
> 
> The product is "Domain Registrations" and the service marks are ".USA,
> .EARTH and .Z".
> 
> Thats the law
> Live with it.

It's a twist of the law that we are seeing fall apart already.  You cannot get
a trademark on a TLD, for instance.  And I would presume that the same
guidelines would apply for registered service mark applications.

Indeed applications for service mark registrations for TLDs have been routinely
denied by the USPTO.

I don't think you argument here has merit, and I don't think any self
proclaimed service marks or ownership you want to assert over TLDs will stand
up.

So no, Mr Palmer, I don't have to live with it.

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