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Originally Posted by raul  Sorry Declan I have to disagree with this ...best example " Virgin" of Branson .( and virgin is sooo generic that even my sister( ? ) can have a go in claiming the domain from him ( I don't really think that he's still...virgin ) but...he's got it trademarked.
As Blacknight said...you'll be surprised of the stupid trademarks registered. |
Ah, but he'doesn't have the 'word' Virgin trademarked. He has the word the way it's written -- almost as an image -- trademarked. Like the "cola" in Coca Cola.
The word cola can be used by anyone like Blacknight Cola for instance woud be fine but if the "cola" was white on red and was written exactly like the cola in Coca Cola then they have a trademark violation. Same with Virgin .. you could wn Virgin.com and have a site dedicated to 18 year old virgins or whateer and as long as your not pretaining to be Branson's Virgin or have any similar logos etc then there is little h can do except buy you out
You could open a Virgin Cafe for example or Mc Donalds burger bar no problem - but you stick a big yellow M outside that looks like those famous golden arches and you'l be crying in a few weeks when their legal team has made just a few legal steps that has basically shut you burger bar down and they want some money - maybe millions
Actually there is a great chipper in Galway, called Mc Donalds, just down from The Quays bar which, I kid you not, has the best fish & chips in Ireland. Forget Burdocks and Ramsdens these guys are the real deal .. check them out if ever you walking down Shop street and starving. Their mushy peas are the bees knees
Declan