Reducing a company's risk over domain name disputes

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Many domain name disputes arise because Network Solutions Inc. assigns a domain name that incorporates someone else's trademark, and when the trademark owner learns of this domain name, claims that the company with the Internet site is guilty of trademark infringment. Strategies for reducing the risk of such disputes include a comprehensive search, often using a private search firm, to determine if similar domain names or trademarks exist, the buy-out or hypertext link option, using metatags, or resorting to litigation.

Laws, regulations and rules, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Protection and preservation, Domain names, Trademarks

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Remarks of Q. Todd Dickinson at PTO Day Annual Conference on Patent & Trademark Office Law and Practice

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This article consists of a transcript of a speech given by Q. Todd Dickinson, the U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, concerning the operation and effectiveness of the Patent Office, patent law issues in 1999 and future issues, legislation enacted, and international concerns.

International, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Patent Law, Interpretation and construction, Treaties, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Dickinson, Q. Todd

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