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Verizon Wins Four Verizon-related Domain Names In Arbitration
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<blockquote data-quote="angel69" data-source="post: 2237474" data-attributes="member: 97749"><p>These cases are no-brainers since they used Verizon, definitely a TM. It was a created term, made up by the former NYNEX so I don't see anyone being able to use it fairly. It's not a dictionary word, geo location, proper name (person), etc so VerizonIndyCarSeries is a blatant violation of their TM. Having said that, Verizon can be overzealous in pursuing TM rights, in fact they're ruthless. There was news all over when they sued the old Parked.com for parking domains that infringed on their TM according to VZ. And even if your legitimate domain contains VZ (as part of a name you may have crated in good faith) they will raise hell. VZ is the stock symbol for their co but they cannot win every case where those two letters appearing together. Such cases may involve people's names and that's how they're spelled, a city somewhere or a real domain someone silly may have regged like BobbyLuvzSue, who's to say they meant anything other than what the term says, plus LUVZ could be a legitimate brand at some point and even a TM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angel69, post: 2237474, member: 97749"] These cases are no-brainers since they used Verizon, definitely a TM. It was a created term, made up by the former NYNEX so I don't see anyone being able to use it fairly. It's not a dictionary word, geo location, proper name (person), etc so VerizonIndyCarSeries is a blatant violation of their TM. Having said that, Verizon can be overzealous in pursuing TM rights, in fact they're ruthless. There was news all over when they sued the old Parked.com for parking domains that infringed on their TM according to VZ. And even if your legitimate domain contains VZ (as part of a name you may have crated in good faith) they will raise hell. VZ is the stock symbol for their co but they cannot win every case where those two letters appearing together. Such cases may involve people's names and that's how they're spelled, a city somewhere or a real domain someone silly may have regged like BobbyLuvzSue, who's to say they meant anything other than what the term says, plus LUVZ could be a legitimate brand at some point and even a TM [/QUOTE]
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