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Originally Posted by Attorney Jaffe View Post
I think Apple would disagree that dictionary words are not available for Trademark protection; as would Ford, Mercury and Brother, just to name a few.
I'd venture to guess that 99.9% of entrepreneurs who register domains don't check Trademark registrations. If they had a TM, your domain may be at risk, even if they registered their domain years after yours.

We had a case in St. Louis between North Face and South Butt - they settled out of court, so I don't know the end result.
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