[NA-Discuss] Fwd: [CommLawBlog] ICANN's New Uniform Rapid Suspension System

[Joly MacFie]

In what respect?

One think that seems evident, as this knowledge becomes more widely
disseminated, with the prospect of 100's of new gTLD's there will be a
stampede to to the USPTO who are going to clean up at $275 per.

No wonder the USG is favorable :)

j

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:20 PM, RJ Glass <jipshida2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Don't you think that ICANN should have some community input on this one ???
>
> RJGlass
> A at L
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> Some good advice..
>
>
> http://www.commlawblog.com/2011/12/articles/intellectual-property/icanns-new-uniform-rapid-suspension-system/index.html
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> Once it’s finally implemented, the URS will provide a very streamlined
> process, considerably faster and cheaper than the UDRP (and vastly faster
> and cheaper than the litigation route). With the availability of such a
> process, trademark holders now have more incentive to take steps to protect
> their most important identifiers.  I’m not advocating that every business
> flood the USPTO with trademark applications for any catchphrase or nickname
> that comes to mind. But I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest that, at
> a minimum, unique business names and prominent “brands” be protected with
> federal registration.
>
> Let’s say, for example, that you’re a radio station owner. You have one
> major identifier: your call sign. You may also have a key slogan that you
> feature even more prominently that your call – something like “Hot 99 -
> Rocking the Valley”. And maybe you also have some wacky morning drive DJs
> using locally-popular personas that you helped create and cultivate
> (f’rinstance, the fictional but awesome“Crazy Ira and the
> Douche”<
> http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation/exclusives/crazy-ira-and-the-douche-soundboard/
> >).
> A federal trademark application costs $275 to file, not including a couple
> of hours of legal time, give or take, to put together and file. You could
> probably register all three of the identifiers – call sign, slogan,
> character names – for well under $5,000. And that protects you for 10
> years, as long as you continue to use the marks in question and maintain
> your registrations.
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