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"R" US in domain name?
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| Danny 2004-03-11, 10:35 am |
| one of my clients wants to do a domain name with the 'rus' in it. It is
computer related.
Is this allowed?
or does toysrus own that?
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| Mike 007 2004-03-11, 10:35 am |
| Be very careful, there is a thread about this on one of the legal
newsgroups. Toys R Us won a legal action against a company who had
registered a number of "R'us" websites.
The court saw it as diluting their brand and the company was ordered to hand
over the domains
Mike
http://www.youclaim.co.uk
"Danny" <dannywork5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> one of my clients wants to do a domain name with the 'rus' in it. It is
> computer related.
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> Is this allowed?
> or does toysrus own that?
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| Danny 2004-03-11, 10:35 am |
| would you recommend this
beach-balls-r-us.com
or
beachballsrus.com
or is doing the rus thing a lack of originality etc etc.
Thanks
"Mike 007" <mikepage007@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Be very careful, there is a thread about this on one of the legal
> newsgroups. Toys R Us won a legal action against a company who had
> registered a number of "R'us" websites.
>
> The court saw it as diluting their brand and the company was ordered to
hand
> over the domains
>
> Mike
> http://www.youclaim.co.uk
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> "Danny" <dannywork5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:At_3c.4446$CW1.1260479@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
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| John A. 2004-03-11, 11:35 am |
| On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:06:30 +0000 (UTC), "Mike 007"
<mikepage007@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Maybe you'd get away with www.walrus.com !! ...
Are you kidding? You'd have both Toys R Us and Wal Mart after you!
JA
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| Mike 007 2004-03-11, 11:35 am |
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"John A." <no.john@spammers.virginiaquilter.allowed.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:06:30 +0000 (UTC), "Mike 007"
> <mikepage007@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Are you kidding? You'd have both Toys R Us and Wal Mart after you!
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> JA
He he!!
This is a nice excerpt from the Cats'R'us thread
The enclosed undertaking they require us to sign states that we shall
not use the "R" US or ARE US marks and that we shall forthwith remove all
CATS R US from vehicle, premises, stationery, advertising and promotional
material we should either destroy or deliver to them any such material and
make arrangements for all telephone listings to be deleted as soon as
possible, in return they would refrain from bringing proceedings against us.
Mike
http://www.youclaim.co.uk
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| John A. 2004-03-11, 11:35 am |
| On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:24:48 +0000 (UTC), "Mike 007"
<mikepage007@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>"John A." <no.john@spammers.virginiaquilter.allowed.com> wrote in message
> news:k5415092hrqme3jk8p0ntur2n6cqmaeeau@
4ax.com...
>
>He he!!
>
>This is a nice excerpt from the Cats'R'us thread
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>The enclosed undertaking they require us to sign states that we shall
>not use the "R" US or ARE US marks and that we shall forthwith remove all
>CATS R US from vehicle, premises, stationery, advertising and promotional
>material we should either destroy or deliver to them any such material and
>make arrangements for all telephone listings to be deleted as soon as
>possible, in return they would refrain from bringing proceedings against us.
Hmmm... Maybe go with "...isus" or "...bewe" instead?
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| The Smiths 2004-03-11, 2:33 pm |
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"Danny" <dannywork5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:At_3c.4446$CW1.1260479@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> one of my clients wants to do a domain name with the 'rus' in it. It is
> computer related.
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> Is this allowed?
> or does toysrus own that?
>
Check your local retail park for a Tiles R Us. http://www.tilesrus.co.uk/
I would imagine if you had the funds to risk taking them on they may just
back down. I understand Stelios is just as protective over the word 'Easy'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27126.html
--
Andy
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| zgraeve 2004-03-12, 1:33 am |
| Definately be carefull on that one.
Have you ever heard of any other <name>"R"us companies out
there in the real world?
ToysRUs does have this trade marked. They use a backwards "R" in
thier logo, however for purposes of computers and other things like
seeing impared signs the "R" has been trade marked and written both
forwards and backwards.
Good luck to you though....
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| Foxglove54321 2004-03-12, 9:34 am |
| Danny wrote:
>one of my clients wants to do a domain >name with the 'rus' in it. It is
>computer related.
This fashion for mangling the English language isn't one to encourage or
emulate. Try to persuade your client to find a distinctive name that doesn't
make his company sound both illiterate and unimaginative. Because Toys R Us is
such a big brand, we forget how stupid it sounded the first time we noticed it.
--
Alice Woolley
http://www.insidethebubble.co.uk/
Inside the Bubble - autism information
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