For Sale starting a new drop catching service?

[DaddyHalbucks]

I got a great domain for anyone who is getting into the drop catching business==>

DropKicker.com



For trade only.

 

[clemzonguy]

I've got a better one.

DropCatchers.com

Now if that only came with a free RRP i'd be in business.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

Not bad, but I like the singular version MUCH better.

 

[Kid Kool]

Originally posted by clemzonguy
I've got a better one.

DropCatchers.com

Now if that only came with a free RRP i'd be in business.

There is already a "dropcatcher", and it would be in quite bad taste to use the plural for a similar service.

 

[Poker]

whats wrong with bad taste, the web is full of sites with bad taste

 

[boychik]

I guess I'm stuck with dropservice.com.

 

[Cartoonz]

I think I will keep what I have.

and btw..

it has a legitimate Service Mark!

 

[Cartoonz]

but my favorite isDropMonkey.com I even posted a pic of me at work!

I'm gonna upgrade my keyboard soon.


Really. I am.

 

[fizz]

toonz, I didn't think you were that good looking, LOL

 

[gariben]

I got a better one too!

dropguru.com

or

dnsnap.com

 

[owndomain]

My:

CatchName.com
CatchNames.com

 

[Cartoonz]

Originally posted by fizz
toonz, I didn't think you were that good looking, LOL

I'm not! That picture is a few years old.


I have more grey hair now.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

Service Mark/ Trademark protection is generally only available for marks that are actively used in commerce.

 

[hiOsilver]

Correction Cowboy: You can file for a Federal registration in anticipation of using a mark in commerce (6 months, I believe). A small extra fee and some "paperwork" (it's probably online by now) is involved. I know, because I have done it: hiOsilver(R)



The smart order of doing things:
1. Get your domain name
2. Research ability to get TM (or SM) on name
3. File for your Fed TM (or SM) registration
4. Start business

Step 2 is important.

Anyone wanting to know more should buy the book on doing your own TM by Nolo Press. For most people, this is best first step even if you plan to hire a TM attorney. In fact, anyone serious about domain names should buy and read the book.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

For registered trademark rights, you can file an application on what is known as an Intent To Use (ITU), but rights do not actually adhere until after you use the mark in interstate commerce. If you do not use the mark in commerce within 6 months, the ITU application is abandoned.

For common law trademark rights, use in commerce is also required.

So to repeat myself: TO GET TRADEMARK RIGHTS THE MARK MUST BE USED IN COMMERCE.

 

[fizz]

Originally posted by Cartoonz
I'm not! That picture is a few years old.
I have more grey hair now.

LOL, happens to all of us primates I guess

 

[G.A.]

We have <Dropping.Com>....

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

Sounds more like a DOT COM stock than a brandable name for a drop catching service..

 

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by kidkool
There is already a "dropcatcher", and it would be in quite bad taste to use the plural for a similar service.

Why? It's generic, and a very good name!

If you owned houseware.com, and there was a site called housewares.com, you mean you shouldn't develop?

That's just silly. :dead:

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

Actually I disagree with you both.

1. There is no service that I can see operating at DropCatcher.com, and the owner of the plural would be wise to document that fact.

2. "DropCatcher" is not a generic phrase. A slang phrase in a niche industry.. maybe. Generic phrases appear in the dictionary for their meaning. The fact that the two component words are dictionary words is irrelevant, because the completed combination is the subject.