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Branding and Trademarks 101 – Understanding the Fundamentals

Nick Caristinos — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:29:00 +0000

When starting a new business or launching a new product one must consider the registration, and use of trademarks, service marks, copyrights and patents as part of the process, yet there is often much confusion as to what one needs and how to use them correctly.* The International Trademark Association (INTA) [http://www.inta.org] is a not-for-profit…

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Part 2 of “Dot TEL Gathers Momentum with Law Firms and Intellectual Property Agents”

Amy Elderkin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:29:30 +0000

More .TEL Related Articles from Law Firms and Intellectual Property AgentsRead Part 1 of this article. Ashurst The .TEL domain name: sunrise period starts 3 December for trade mark owners (Communications newsletter, October 2008)http://www.ashurst.com/publication-item.aspx?id_Content=3988 ShoosmithsEasy access to contact details via .tel domainshttp://www.shoosmiths.co.uk/news/1723.asp Charles Russell From 3 December 2008, applications are open for the new .tel…

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Dot TEL Gathers Momentum with Law Firms and Intellectual Property Agents

Amy Elderkin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:52:06 +0000

There has been a proliferation of dot TEL articles and client alerts appearing on blogs, web sites and newsletters of law firms and intellectual property firms over the past weeks. With Sunrise Registration for trademark holders beginning December 3, trademark holders have just one week remaining to pre-book their trademark names. “One of the reasons…

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The Debate About Cybersquatting and dot-TEL

Julianna — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:21:45 +0000

The Register.co.uk published an article last week about how dot-tel will be unattractive to cybersquatters because it does not host websites, only contact information that will be sent to Internet-enabled devices. Cyberquatters make money by placing pay-per-click advertisements on web pages that are set up on domain names which visitors assume belong to a legitimate organization.…

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Trademark Leaders Learn about .TEL at IPIC

Garrett Saundry — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:54:22 +0000

Webnames.ca President, Stephen Smith spoke yesterday to members of the Domain Names & Trademarks on the Internet Committee as an invited speaker at the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada conference in Toronto. Mr Smith spoke to members of the committee for an hour about .TEL and it’s importance to trademark holders including the rules and…

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Why Trademark Holders Need to Apply for .TEL Sunrise Registration

Nick Caristinos — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:49:53 +0000

As registered trademark holders, protecting and maintaining one’s trademarks can seem like a daunting task, especially when it comes to the domain name market. Just when you thought you had all your domains covered along comes another new domain name extension for you to worry about. Although it is often not possible to register every…

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