Re: trademark & domain names

At 03:15 PM 03/09/96 -0300, Dirceu Pereira wrote:
>
> BTW, I am now studying possibilities of domain names as trademarks in
> Brazil. IMHO, yes, they are trademarkable themselves, but the problem
> is that some PTO examiners refused applications for "domain names" in
> the communication services class, keeping them only as data processing
> services. I am thinking about filing a petition on the PTO in order
> to get a clarification opinion on this matter (In Brazil, you can do
> this) but there is some other stuff which is still confusing me on that
> so i really wanted to know from you all:
>
> 1- Do u think domain names are registrable TDM's in your country?
> 2- Do u also feel that fitting domains in the communications section
> wouldn't fit them better than compare them with data processing and
> software services??

There is an article on this in the USPTO web site:

   http://www.uspto.gov/web/uspto/info/domain.html.

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