Comments on: “iPhone” Domain Names and Google http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/ Computer Security Research Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:14:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom Ferris http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/#comment-832 Tom Ferris Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:21:18 +0000 http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/#comment-832 tank6b: Yeah I saw that.. Looks like Google re-included your site back into the index also. tank6b: Yeah I saw that.. Looks like Google re-included your site back into the index also.

]]> By: tank6b http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/#comment-831 tank6b Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:00:35 +0000 http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/#comment-831 I get the same when i check the "iphone wallpaper" on google and I Was NUMBER ONE for 3 days on my website blackrune.net next i get into iphonelive.org. Luck width your new site. I get the same when i check the “iphone wallpaper” on google and I Was NUMBER ONE for 3 days on my website blackrune.net next i get into iphonelive.org.

Luck width your new site.

]]> By: Robert Simpson http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/#comment-812 Robert Simpson Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:40:21 +0000 http://security-protocols.com/2007/01/17/iphone-domain-names-and-google/#comment-812 Some time ago I had tried to purchase the domain name "PhoneStore.com" after it had expired and had gone into the redemption period (I would have paid something for it besides just the redemption cost). I guess the owner realized it might be valuable and wound up redeeming it himself. Since it is fairly common to add an "i" to the beginning of a domain, I wound up with "iPhoneStore.com" instead (it's the "i" "Phone Store", not "iPhone" "Store"). I don't see how Google can say that Apple has exclusive rights to EVERY domain that puts an "i" in front of a word beginning with "Phone", since putting "i" before otherwise unavailable domain names was probably common long before Cisco and Apple did it with "Phone". Back in 1998, I had tried to trademark the name of the company, and the response from the USPTO was that compund words made up of things in common use like the letter "i" and the words "Phone" and "Store" could not be trademarked (I wound up changing the name of the company to something somewhat pronoucable that was not composed of dictionary words). Based on that, if Apple attempts to register the "iPhone" trademark, I would expect the USPTO to give them the same response. Some time ago I had tried to purchase the domain name “PhoneStore.com” after it had expired and had gone into the redemption period (I would have paid something for it besides just the redemption cost). I guess the owner realized it might be valuable and wound up redeeming it himself. Since it is fairly common to add an “i” to the beginning of a domain, I wound up with “iPhoneStore.com” instead (it’s the “i” “Phone Store”, not “iPhone” “Store”). I don’t see how Google can say that Apple has exclusive rights to EVERY domain that puts an “i” in front of a word beginning with “Phone”, since putting “i” before otherwise unavailable domain names was probably common long before Cisco and Apple did it with “Phone”.

Back in 1998, I had tried to trademark the name of the company, and the response from the USPTO was that compund words made up of things in common use like the letter “i” and the words “Phone” and “Store” could not be trademarked (I wound up changing the name of the company to something somewhat pronoucable that was not composed of dictionary words). Based on that, if Apple attempts to register the “iPhone” trademark, I would expect the USPTO to give them the same response.

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