How TM holders know you are infringing so quickly...

[Jack Gordon]

I just applied for a couple of trademarks on my services, and got a solicitation in the mail that I thought might be of interest to the forum.

It is from an organization called Trademark Monitoring Service, and they offer a paid service ($375/yr) that monitors new trademark filings for any possible infringements. They also monitor all new .com, .net, .org, .biz and .info registrations and deliver a weekly report to the TM holder of any new potentially infringing activity.

It is a brilliant service. I wish I had thought of it.

 

[draggar]

There has also been many scams based on similar "services" in the past.

 

[Biggie]

I just applied for a couple of trademarks on my services, and got a solicitation in the mail that I thought might be of interest to the forum.

It is from an organization called Trademark Monitoring Service, and they offer a paid service ($375/yr) that monitors new trademark filings for any possible infringements. They also monitor all new .com, .net, .org, .biz and .info registrations and deliver a weekly report to the TM holder of any new potentially infringing activity.

It is a brilliant service. I wish I had thought of it.

mark da monitor started doing this some years ago


ain't too much different than those skeezers who monitor new regs and send you crap solicitation emails later.

 

[Jack Gordon]

ain't too much different than those skeezers who monitor new regs and send you crap solicitation emails later.

Right - it is a variation on the idea. But merging domain registrations into TM monitoring was something I thought might be worth sharing. It might give some people who like to play close to the fire something extra to think about.

 

[Biggie]

It might give some people who like to play close to the fire something extra to think about.

but if you're already playing with fire... would it really matter?

 

[angel69]

The idea, that service they offer, I find somewhat interesting but even if it's legit, at $375/y ? I think that screams ripoff, Jack Gordon, IMHO. As someone who's into domaining you would tend to do this yourself automatically anyway (check for similar domains regged/TM applications filed), and rather often once you own TMs, since you pay so much for each. So as professional as a service like this may be, and even with thorough monitoring, very few individuals would shell out that type of money, IBM or GE might.

Right - it is a variation on the idea. But merging domain registrations into TM monitoring was something I thought might be worth sharing. It might give some people who like to play close to the fire something extra to think about.

 

[Jeffreyw]

Domaintools has launched a similar service just this week.

 

[Jack Gordon]

The idea, that service they offer, I find somewhat interesting but even if it's legit, at $375/y ? I think that screams ripoff, Jack Gordon, IMHO. As someone who's into domaining you would tend to do this yourself automatically anyway (check for similar domains regged/TM applications filed), and rather often once you own TMs, since you pay so much for each. So as professional as a service like this may be, and even with thorough monitoring, very few individuals would shell out that type of money, IBM or GE might.

Angel, you are coming at this from the perspective of a small domainer, not a large corporation with valuable brands to protect.

In the corporate/global/conglomerate world, $375 is nothing.

 

[airmax]

This is nothing new, been around for years

 

[Jack Gordon]

I'm sure it has. But I had not seen it discussed here.

I thought the topic might have some value.

 

[Shane]

I'm sure it has. But I had not seen it discussed here.

I thought the topic might have some value.

I've never seen it before but a day after I read this post I found similar emails in my inbox. Must be getting increasingly popular to..spam..

 

[Biggie]

Angel, you are coming at this from the perspective of a small domainer, not a large corporation with valuable brands to protect.

In the corporate/global/conglomerate world, $375 is nothing.

those with valuable brands to protect, keep lawyers on retainer

 

[Bill F.]

Busy lawyers are not going to spend time doing this themselves. They will either have staff doing it, or will outsource. Considering the time involved over the year, and the unfamiliarity of most people with domain tracking tools, $375 would seem like a good price to a non-domainer. That's a dollar a day for something that might eat up the time of the staff.

If they can get 500 sign-ups, they'll have a nice income with plenty of free time left for other ventures.

 

[Jack Gordon]

Of course they will outsource it. Anyone who doesn't get this is thinking too small. Billions are spent automating simple tasks like this every year.