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April 8th, 2008, 07:16 AM
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Registered Trademark help
Hello,
I am wanting to use the name "voom" for my company and domain name. Although, http://www.voom.tv/ uses this name, there is no mention of the name being a "registered trademark" in the copyright disclaimer, neither is there a TM or R logo next to the name, also in their disclaimer they refer to themselves as VOOMHD and not VOOM. The copyright statment at the bottom of the page is dated 2006. Another company "voom.net" state in their copyright disclaimer that "voom" is a registered trademark, although the copyright is dated 1997-2007. I am a assuming because these copyrights are out of date it is possible for me to use the name, although if the above companies renewed their copyrights would i still be able to use the name? Simple question, can i use the name "voom" , note it would not be used on its own it would be used in a name like "voommedia.com". When i do a trademark search here http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe...h=&p_s_ALL=VOOM there are loads of results, surely i will be able to use the name then if there is 10+ companies all using it? Links http://voom.net/ http://voom.net/legal.html http://www.voom.tv http://www.voom.tv/voom/terms/index.html Thanks, Thanks to medialint in my previous thread, i appreciate that the answers may be similar, although its the problem of the copyrights being expired and wheather a copyright covers the companys trademarks too. Last edited by Agri : April 8th, 2008 at 09:13 AM.
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April 8th, 2008, 11:10 AM
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You must not be in competition with any of them. Quote:
Copyrights last 70 or 95 years* they are not out of date, further copyright and trademarks are completely different and have nothing to do with each other directly. * Depending on publication trademark FAQs
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April 8th, 2008, 11:40 AM
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Looks like i tick the boxes then, although when i do a google search for companies using the name "voom" and our in the same market as my company (making them in competition), but they don't have a R logo or TM logo or any mention of trademarks; just the "All Rights Reserved". I presume that wont put me in any danger as they have the right to use the name "voom" just as much as I do because they haven't expressed any notice of ownership of the name.
Thanks again medialint!
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