Sunday, May 3, 2009

Pet Meds Express Loses Domain Dispute

1800PetMeds.com, an online pet medicine retail store, lost a domain dispute at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The dispute included a number of similar domain names, such as PetMedOutlet.com, registered by Joseph Brinton.

Brinton argued that the phrase “Pet Meds” was a general term not subject to trademark protection. Specifically, Brinton pointed to the fact that 1800PetMeds.com used the phrase in numerous contexts, many of which were non-trademark uses.

The organization determined that the registration of PetMedsOutlet.com was done in good faith and the phrase “pet meds,” was not protectable.

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