domain Slate500.com

[tridentc]

Here is another one for you to use your noodle (sometimes pronounced Noomle... LOL) on.

Slate500.com

I have had this one for a few months now. HP has slipped up on their website and listed the Slate 500 as their new Windows 7 slate/tablet device.

**Now before you getting in a tizzy about possible TM issues. I did my due diligence. Slate 500 is NOT trade marked by HP nor anyone else. No TESS records were found, live or dead, singular or plural.

This is still a guessing game since HP has not make the name official yet however it does show up on the energy star website as Slate 500 and it gives the stats. Apparently its energy star approved...LOL

The official name could be HP Slate, HP Slate 500, Slate 500 or something completely different.
No trademark issues (I already searched the USPTO (dot) gov for any trademarks)
What do you guys think?
I mean they posted it on their site once and then took it off shortly after.
Its still listed over at Energy star website.
HP has confirmed that they will indeed be having a slate/tablet device that will carry windows 7

I will let you guys decide.
Cheers

 

[johname]

shows a couple of tm on just "slate" to be concern with and microsoft has a slate tm (and they are hp partners in this slate thing providing the os) Just my thoughts

**updated***
Yeah i see the microsoft is a service mark.

But there is a guy with a trademark on slate for: Computer hardware; Computer operating software; Computer operating systems; Computer peripherals; Computers; Notebook computers; Tablet computer

perhaps HP still negotiating with him to takeover the slate tm.

I would make this in a fantasy racing site "The Slate 500" until you figure out whats really going on, cuz there something we dont know here. Value is all speculation, goodluck

 

[tridentc]

There are 2 marks that Microsoft has that has anything to do with the term "Slate".
1 is already dead. I guess they where going to make a magazine or something.
The other is still live but is a service mark. Service marks are used to identify a service rather than a product.
The only one that would have any claim at all to the name is HP and they do not have a TM for Slate or Slate 500.
I think I am good on this one.
Slate500 is going to be a tangible item and to my knowledge (since Microsoft owns a service mark for the term "Slate" but does not offer any slate service, they just own the mark) the Slate500 will not be coming with that service.
It will only be running Windows 7 free of any TM issues from Microsoft.

But there is a guy with a trademark on slate for: Computer hardware; Computer operating software; Computer operating systems; Computer peripherals; Computers; Notebook computers; Tablet computer

I also saw that one... But if you read what was trademarked, it was only for the "Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK"
If you read a little further down you will find:
"Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "SLATE PC" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN"
This states that the right to use the term "Slate PC" is open to anyone.

So basically this TM is only a TM for their "Character Mark". Slate is still an open term that can be used by anyone in regards to PCs.

In conclusion... There is *NO* trademarks by anyone for anyone for the terms SLATE, SLATE PC, or SLATE 500. Its been checked several times.
If it does become a TM, I am still in the clear for owning the domain PRIOR to any TM registration.

 

[tridentc]

I would make this in a fantasy racing site "The Slate 500" until you figure out whats really going on, cuz there something we dont know here. Value is all speculation, goodluck

That is a possibility, I like the way it sounds also.
Cheers and thanks for the input.

 

[ToryC103]

I'm predicting that since MS nor HP has pursued a trademark for Slate500, then they are not going to use the term slate500 for their new product. Slate500 is only a "code name".

Huge corporations like MS or HP don't make mistakes like the one you are hoping to capitalize on. Plus, if Slate500 did become a product name, then it would still be rather easy to prove that you bought the domain in bad faith.

 

[tridentc]

I appreaciate your input into this valuation.
I do disagree with with your claim "Huge corporations like MS or HP don't make mistakes..."
I only need to point to Apple and the suites that where brought against them in the not too distant past. iPhone and (I think the term) iPad where both TM of some other company. Anyways long story short... there was a law suit against Apple. Point being that large corporations dont always have their bases covered.
As far as bad faith... Again, I had this name for a couple months already. HP or MS still have not committed to a name. Further more (like stated above)I can simply use the name as a Fantasy Racing site... the Slate 500 as opposed to the Indy 500.
I have not decided on what I will do with the site. As you stated, it may only be a code name but then again it just may come all together.

Cheers and again, thank you for opinion and knowledge on the subject.

 

[MicroGuy]

Negative $xx,xxx to -$xxx,xxx. IMO.

Forget about using this domain. Just delete it from your account and quit registering names clearly branded by large corporations. This is a nightmare type registration.

 

[tridentc]

Negative $xx,xxx to -$xxx,xxx. IMO.

Forget about using this domain. Just delete it from your account and quit registering names clearly branded by large corporations. This is a nightmare type registration.

Thank you for your input. At this time, it seems that maybe you have not read all the statements prior to posting.
I am going to try to sum this up as quick as I can. I have owned this domain for a little while now. I done some research before purchasing this domain. I really try to avoid purchasing domain names that could bring me trouble. This one however does not fall into that category.

As of right now, Neither HP nor MS (not that MS would really matter in this case) owns any TMs having to do with Slate or Slate 500.
MS owns a Service Mark for the term Slate but that is a service term and has nothing to do with an actual product (basically I can not offer a "CLEAN SLATE" service to wipe HDDs from this domain). Then it would be infringement.
There is one TM from a company (SAHARA SLATE PC). They have a TM for the term "SAHARA SLATE PC". A disclaimer states that there is *NO* CLAIM TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "SLATE PC" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
In other words... they only trademarked the term "SAHARA SLATE PC" and nothing else.
All of this can be verified with very little effort at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (dot) gov.
They have listed all live/dead, singular/plural trademarks.

Again, I will reiterate that there are NO TMs on any portion of this domain that will effect the use of this domain. The Domain is purely speculative at this time!

Cheers and all the best

 

[MicroGuy]

As of right now, Neither HP nor MS (not that MS would really matter in this case) owns any TMs having to do with Slate or Slate 500.

Sorry, but you are mistaken if you think the absence of a registered TM keeps you in the clear it terms of legal exposure and liability. Names like these are pretty much a roll of the dice. Anytime that HP gets ready for this domain, they will easily get it plus any other type of damages they may seek. I sincerely wish you the very best of rolls with this registration.

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...it would still be rather easy to prove that you bought the domain in bad faith.

Yes it would.

 

[exsedo]

Before you invest much time and money in development, I would type in slate 500 .com into google and look at the third result.
Then take a proper look at some UDRP decisions and you will see that they are mostly decided on bad faith registrations, you may well have shot yourself in the foot with this thread.
Good luck.