On one hand, .biz offers trademark holders an opportunity to contest a registration by a third party. On the other hand, .info offers trademark holders a chance to actually pre-register the domain names using their marks. Ask TiVo, one of the leaders in digital recording and replay of television programming. The company recently announced that it had been awarded a patent covering features of its video recording hardware and software. Although TiVo would not comment on whether it intended to file litigation against competitors infringing the patent, it did suggest that it would pursue licensing efforts.
Some companies never know.
But a recent article in The New York Times suggests that a growing number of employees are misusing data regarding their employers' customers by taking names and addresses from their companies' databases for their own purposes, such as advertising a house for sale or announcing a new career or business venture. Click here for details. All rights reserved. Developed by John Patton and Chad King . By Net covers significant developments related to conducting business over the Internet.