Iphone Domains

[Sameh]

DomainTools Blog :

Domain registration patterns can tell a lot about the world and what news is breaking. The number of IPhone domains skyrocketed on January 11th 2007 when the official announcement came out from Apple. 453 domains with the word “Iphone” were registered that first day and the explosion of Iphone domain names have been steady since that day. The initial spike was a lot of people going after domains so they could have the best domain for marketing purposes.

After the earth shattering announcement and the huge spike in registrations the amount of people registering IPHone type of domains names each day cooled off to a simmering registration rate that was steadily averaging a health 25 domains a day. A lot of people still feel they are clever because they have registered a good IPhone website domain prior to the launch of the product and the demand will only get better after the launch of the device.


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[Broker]

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Thanks for the link!

 

[WuLabsWuTecH]

hmmm, won't there be lotof TM issues later on?

 

[htmlindex]

hmmm, won't there be lotof TM issues later on?

I would definately imagine so. Not worth the risk IMO

 

[airwav]

hmmm, won't there be lotof TM issues later on?

I think TM issues would arise only if it is used specifically for Apple IPhone. I think the IPhone name is to similar and confusing with IP Phone, it is too broad of a term. IPhone.com is a Missouri based VoIP company and has been for years, in fact our company was a reseller of their product.

Our company owns I-Phone.mobi for mobile VoIP. I don't see IPhone offering mobile VoIP, however there are other companys that are going to start offering it on the WINMO (windows mobile) and skype platform. LINK :talk:

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Our company owns I-Phone.mobi for mobile VoIP. I don't see IPhone offering mobile VoIP, however there are other companys that are going to start offering it on the WINMO (windows mobile) and skype platform.

Cisco claims ownership of the TM iphone, and sued Apple when they announced. They later settled the suit with rumor with an undisclosed patnership agreement allowing Apple to use it as well. You are as likely to get sued by Cisco as Apple, since apple has received permission from Cisco to use the mark. Cisco DOES do VOIP telephone service with their iphone TM.

One theory behind the partnership agreement is that iphone may in a future relase switch over to voip when in range of a linksys or cisco router or other IP phone system cisco makes.

Cisco sues apple for iphone trademark

Cisco an Apple resolve suit

http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/02/21/apple.gets.iphone.mark/

Earlier this year, Cisco said it simply wanted its equipment and devices to work seamlessly with iPhone, while Apple called the lawsuit "silly." Despite a report that suggested that iPhone royalties could cost Apple hundreds of millions of dollars, the Cupertino-based company continued to push the network giant for rights to the iPhone name, claiming that its iPhone device was a cellular phone, while Cisco claimed the trademark based on a VOIP-based product from its consumer wireless Linksys division.

 

[airwav]

Cisco claims ownership of the TM iphone, and sued Apple when they announced. They later settled the suit with rumor with an undisclosed patnership agreement allowing Apple to use it as well. You are as likely to get sued by Cisco as Apple, since apple has received permission from Cisco to use the mark. Cisco DOES do VOIP telephone service with their iphone TM.

One theory behind the partnership agreement is that iphone may in a future relase switch over to voip when in range of a linksys or cisco router or other IP phone system cisco makes.

Well it appears that they have now aquired iPhone.com... :talk:
But they do not own the TM on i-Phone:

Serial Number Reg. Number Word Mark Check Status Live/Dead
1 78058514 I-PHONE TARR DEAD
2 76349278 2744284 VISION I-PHONE TARR LIVE
3 75415543 TMI I-PHONE SOUND CARD TARR DEAD
4 74454334 I-PHONE TARR DEAD

 

[Ronald Regging]

Well it appears that they have now aquired iPhone.com... :talk:
But they do not own the TM on i-Phone:

Serial Number Reg. Number Word Mark Check Status Live/Dead
1 78058514 I-PHONE TARR DEAD
2 76349278 2744284 VISION I-PHONE TARR LIVE
3 75415543 TMI I-PHONE SOUND CARD TARR DEAD
4 74454334 I-PHONE TARR DEAD

iPhone ... i-Phone, its the same thing.... Legally speaking, its similar enough

 

[AdoptableDomains]

iPhone ... i-Phone, its the same thing.... Legally speaking, its similar enough

I would have to agree. When it comes to the domain, don't count on that hyphen to save you.

 

[jaro]

I can imagine that in January 2008 there will be a lot of iphone-related domains drops... Clever enought domainers should cancel them even before...
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