Legal Question

[MinionDH]

Here's a question for any lawyers lurking in this forum:

Are previous owners of TM domains also vulnerable to lawsuits? In other words: If I sold a TM domain, can the TM holder sue both the current and previous owner(s)?

 

[DNQuest.com]

Already answered the exact same posted elsewhere here...

cut and paste from other thread...

Re: TM Question

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Yes, It can happen. How often it happens? I can't remember there ever being a case. But I remember a situation such as this in the early stages (money demanded), but I cannot recall if there was an outcome to it.

Just because we sell a TMed domain does not relieve us from liability. What is worse, if you sell a domain after receiving a notice, then both the TM holder and the buyer can come after you. Remember, squatting is the practice of making money from a TM to which you have no rights. You sella TMed domain, then you made money = bad.

 

[Dave Zan]

Yup, talked about before and answered yup. Life's rife with risks anyway.

 

[MinionDH]

Thank you for the explanation DNQuest

In regards to the double post: I wasn't sure which forum was best to ask this question so I posted in both

 

[jberryhill]

I wasn't sure which forum was best to ask this question so I posted in both

Well I'm not answering in both.

I've gotten quite a run of emails lately where people ask me questions and, if the question admits a straightforward answer I give one; and then the folks want to write back and argue with me about it. I sit there and wonder, "Why'd you want to know what I thought in the first place?"

 

[Dave Zan]

Might be time to add a disclaimer in your emails like, "Warning: I give brutally
frank answers. Don't bother replying if the truth hurts."