Posted on 06/20/2011 7:04:50 PM PDT by unseen1
Think of Palin2012.com The domain is taken by a cybersquatter hoping to cash in on a Palin run. By trademarking her name Palin now has an easy way to kick the cybersquatter to the curb and use the domain name for her run. Notice also in the application it says for politcal reasons among others.....
The tradmarking of Gov Palin's name is a big sign that Gov Palin is going to run for office.
How can you trademark your name if your name is already trademarked? Say for example your name is James Bond. Can you trademark it?
I am curious whether there have been battles by people who happen to be named the same as a celebrity.
If some guy was named “Martin Sheen” and got to ICAN before the nutcase (but very funny) famous one, would said Celebrity have a case?
I really don’t know...
I know words can’t be copyrighted — that is why drugs.com was such a big $$$ cybersquatting war. Until the bubble popped and after big $$$ it eventually went for small $ (IIRC).
GMTA (LOL)
If you aren't a member of the government/corporate-complex, you don't.
Yep.....it’s to protect her mark from cybersquatters and it saves her money instead of just paying these guys absorbent amount of money just to own her own domain name......a while back when this broke last year, some FReepers were mocking Sarah for trying to get her trademark, claiming it was being too celebrity-like, when they were just idiots that didn’t know any better
sorry for your lose. I’ll try to snap too it next time....:)
yeap. there are good reason for someone like Palin to do this esp if she is planning on running a low cost unconvential campaign. she doesn’t have the millions to get people off her domain names. Plus it gives her more power to stop crap like larry Flynt’s nailin palin porn crap movie....and other nasty stuff.
Same goes for Bristol. If the left tries to use Bristol agains against gov Palin they will not be so lucky.
I have no idea. I would say no. I think it’s first come first get.
Unless the guy could prove some distant relative had the name first before, I’m thinking.
maybe like I said I really don’t know.
This trademark will help where the left can’t redirect people to fake Palin sites from her official sites that citizens might want to learn about - so bye-bye other Palin facebooks....etc
Some company that makes allergy medicine already trademarked mine. ;-)
Well, I know Freep dot com has been taken.
Sadly, JimThompson.com has also been taken.
Sure you can. As long your James Bond the famous real estate agent and not James Bond the famous um, agent.
EX: Donna Karan is trademarked for certain purposes. If your name is also Donna Karan but you are a plumber you can go ahead and use the the name in promoting your plumbing business.
It’s really much more complicated and I’m no expert. But yes there are ways of overcoming the same or similar name in TM cases.
uhg
your=you’re
someone should sign up THATWOMAN2012.com
It is actually very difficult to trademark a name, just for the reason you posted above. Only people associated with names that have gotten lots of specific recognition have even a chance to get the trademark. Now if you incorporated your middle name, it would be easier since it would be more distinctive. But a three word name does not have the same marketability. And the owner of the James Bond trademark would challenge someone who just got the James Ray Bond trademark. The courts would determine the winner.
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