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So lets say I have a very generic domain name like coolstuff.com that was registered 10 years back. And I live in NY.
Lets say I want to start an online store selling cool stuff like gadgets and what not.
Now lets say i wanted to trade mark this domain name cause I noticed there is cool stuff corp. in NY also and I dont want them to sue me later on.
I do some search on USPTO site and find that they already have a trade mark on "cool stuff" with these details:
Toys- balls, namely; small high bouncing hand balls and small hand soft squeeze balls, toy cars, toy action figures, water pistols, board games, dolls, yo-yos, etc. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19971100
Am I screwed here. Should I not even think of filing a TM cause there is one that already exists?
How would I protect my domain in this case?
One more thing, even though domain was registered in 2000, I just recently bought it.
Lets say I want to start an online store selling cool stuff like gadgets and what not.
Now lets say i wanted to trade mark this domain name cause I noticed there is cool stuff corp. in NY also and I dont want them to sue me later on.
I do some search on USPTO site and find that they already have a trade mark on "cool stuff" with these details:
Toys- balls, namely; small high bouncing hand balls and small hand soft squeeze balls, toy cars, toy action figures, water pistols, board games, dolls, yo-yos, etc. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19971100
Am I screwed here. Should I not even think of filing a TM cause there is one that already exists?
How would I protect my domain in this case?
One more thing, even though domain was registered in 2000, I just recently bought it.