Ok,
so as a few members seem to believe my brandnew, NW-ed PoloShirts.net with more than 10000 searches a month for the term and that is for sale btw has TM problems i'd like to ask the honored lawyer members here on their opinion.
In my point of view the term "polo shirt" is highly generic, it's a term for a certain type of shirt that for instance in comparison to t-shirts has a different cut.
So as said somewhere else before, just because it contains the word "Polo" which of course is TM-ed doesn't automatically mean a generic term that has "polo" in it is confusing similar to the Polo brand, right?
After all, there is a sport called polo that has been there long before the TM "Polo", also if "Poloshirts" is a violation of the Polo TM then i guess nobody would be allowed to reg or use the domain Appletree.com due to the Apple TM ?
My guess is, besides Poloshirt being a generic term that it all depends on the use of the domain like if i'd put up a page that looks similar confusing to Polo's one and if i'd try to sell Polo's own TM products then i might have a problem but as long as i stick to selling shirts or PPC it related to shirts, i should be ok, right?
Any opinions are appreciated
so as a few members seem to believe my brandnew, NW-ed PoloShirts.net with more than 10000 searches a month for the term and that is for sale btw has TM problems i'd like to ask the honored lawyer members here on their opinion.
In my point of view the term "polo shirt" is highly generic, it's a term for a certain type of shirt that for instance in comparison to t-shirts has a different cut.
So as said somewhere else before, just because it contains the word "Polo" which of course is TM-ed doesn't automatically mean a generic term that has "polo" in it is confusing similar to the Polo brand, right?
After all, there is a sport called polo that has been there long before the TM "Polo", also if "Poloshirts" is a violation of the Polo TM then i guess nobody would be allowed to reg or use the domain Appletree.com due to the Apple TM ?
My guess is, besides Poloshirt being a generic term that it all depends on the use of the domain like if i'd put up a page that looks similar confusing to Polo's one and if i'd try to sell Polo's own TM products then i might have a problem but as long as i stick to selling shirts or PPC it related to shirts, i should be ok, right?
Any opinions are appreciated