TM issue after the site closed ???

[chandan]

one site abc.com is there

now it merged with 123.com now it become 123abc.com

and abc.com redirects to 123abc.com only

now if i register abc.info , abc.net , abc.us ( after the merging of abc.com and 123.com only )

is it consider as bad faith ? any tm issues ?

 

[DNQuest.com]

TMs do not jsut go away, even with a merger, someone still owns the TM. Usually, goodwill is retained in some fashion and previous TMs remain in effect. For example AOL TimeWarner, three distint companies under one "merged" name. But we all know AOL, Time and Warner are all still Tms in it's singular form.

As far as "bad faith".. it depends. Usage palys an important part in determining bad faith. But it seems you may want to cash in somehow, that would probably be bad faith.

 

[chandan]

thanks a lot
i registered one domain by "typo" but i wont renew that
also dont have any sort of bad faith but just feared after registering :hehe:

 

[Ronald Regging]

Another example is AT&T and Cingular.. I'm not really sure what happened there... But they decided to use the Cingular name for awhile, but then went back to AT&T..

 

[labrocca]

Well if the TM is registered then you must wait a long period like 7-10 years (not sure) and then you can apply to make the mark "abandoned" and once that's done you can apply your own usage TM. This is costly and of course time consuming and would require the TM holder to actually stop using the mark in commerce completely and not fight you for the rights.

 

[chandan]

thanks for replies

well i wont use that for to my TM ow renewal i will just leave that domain simply

which i feel best solution

 

[Ronald Regging]

thanks for replies

well i wont use that for to my TM ow renewal i will just leave that domain simply

which i feel best solution

It depends on the usage as well. If you are planning to use the domain for something completely unrelated to what the previous TM was for, you should be OK.