Gavin writes:
> Ah! but this is California...
>
> I believe there is a bill in progress here that would extend trademark
> protection to domain names and even email addresses! Thus, if your
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> obscure TLA domain name is a trademark of someone else somewhere in the
> world, California will allow them to sue you to recover the domain name,
> Or if you have an email address that happens to include a trademark,
> they will be able to make you give that up too, and also recover damages
> (got to be able to pay the Lawyers).
>
> Crazy, no?
No, it's just The American Way :)
>
> G.
>
I don't really care about the domain name in my email address
(the NetGurus in the company probably think otherwise) but
I would get REALLY worried if some one could grab my email
name as a trademark - there is a short path from email address
to my real name !!!! (as you can see below).
BTW, here's a not-so-free idea for you guys in California:
start registering names like
Bill.Gates
Lew.Platt
etc
as trademarks. When they buy those trademarks from you,
send me a royalty of 5% ;-)
(I have started a process to register Gavin.Scott, Stan.Sieler,
Steve.Cooper, Jeff.Kell as trademarks ......
No no, just kidding !!!!)
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