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

[Garth Bruen at Knujon.com]

Anyone who thinks they will get quick results from USPTO is in for a rude
awakening.

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From: "Joly MacFie" <joly at punkcast.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:34 PM
To: "RJ Glass" <jipshida2 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "NA Discuss" <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: [CommLawBlog] ICANN's New Uniform Rapid
Suspension System

> 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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>> ________________________________
>>  From: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
>> To: NA Discuss <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:24 PM
>> Subject: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: [CommLawBlog] ICANN's New Uniform Rapid
>> Suspension System
>>
>> Some good advice..
>>
>>
>> http://www.commlawblog.com/2011/12/articles/intellectual-property/icanns-new-uniform-rapid-suspension-system/index.html
>>
>> 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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