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Old 10-01-2009, 02:02 PM   #1
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Default Google Filed a Trademark for Google Sidewiki

This isn't legal advice, just a heads up...

On September 21, 2009 Google filed for a trademark for their Sidewiki feature with the USPTO.

If you have or are contemplating registering a domain name with that term in it you need to be aware of this.

The ramifications of using someone's Trademark can potentially be servere. Once they are granted the Trademark you are lkely to see correspondence from their legal department.

What actions they will take against you will only be clear once they initiate them, but it may be prudent to expect the worst.

Like I said, this is just a heads up for those that want to go down that road.

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Old 10-01-2009, 02:14 PM   #2
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Default Re: Google Filed a Trademark for Google Sidewiki

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This isn't legal advice, just a heads up...

On September 21, 2009 Google filed for a trademark for their Sidewiki feature with the USPTO.

If you have or are contemplating registering a domain name with that term in it you need to be aware of this.

The ramifications of using someone's Trademark can potentially be servere. Once they are granted the Trademark you are lkely to see correspondence from their legal department.

What actions they will take against you will only be clear once they initiate them, but it may be prudent to expect the worst.

Like I said, this is just a heads up for those that want to go down that road.

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Which also means that they are serious about going ahead with this
and thus, the only way they'd be forced to abandon this baby is after
a nasty legal battle.

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Old 10-01-2009, 02:19 PM   #3
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Which also means that they are serious about going ahead with this and thus, the only way they'd be forced to abandon this baby is after a nasty legal battle.
Steve,

Again, this is not legal advice...All it really means is that they want an ironclad way of disposing of people/entities that want to infringe on their Trademark. With malice if needed.

It's SOP 101.

Are they in this for the longhaul? Only time will tell.

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