ICQ.ca in Pool.com – Can a TM Violation Be More Obvious?
Posted in AOL, Country tlds, Legal, Opinions, Pool on March 28th, 2008 by Michael – Be the first to commentICQ.ca in now at auction in Pool.com with current high offer $2302 and over 3 days to go.
Now obviously this LLL.ca domain is only that valuable due to the popular IM program with the same name. So it’s very likely that icq.ca has some very good type in traffic that can let the owner make the money back in just a few months.
But the problem is ICQ is a trademark, which now belongs to AOL. Even if the domain icq.ca will be used for something unrelated to the icq brand AOL can claim it and most likely receive the domain. read more »
