Re: Verio applies for trademark on the term "whois" (fwd)

[Christian Nielsen <cnielsen () nielsen net>]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

> > Owner Name          (APPLICANT) Verio Inc.
> > Owner Address       8005 S. Chester St., Suite 200 Englewood COLORADO 80112
> >                     CORPORATION DELAWARE
> > Attorney of Record  GLEN K. BEATON
> > Serial Number       75-742043
> > Filing Date         07/01/1999
> > Mark Drawing Code   (1) TYPED DRAWING
> > Register            PRINCIPAL
> > Type of Mark        SERVICE MARK

go to

http://tarr.uspto.gov/index.html

Current Status: A non-final action has been mailed. This is a letter from the
examining attorney requesting additional information and/or making an initial
refusal. However, no final determination as to the registrability of the mark
has been made.

It seems we all need to file with the PTO and let them know that whois has
long been in use before Verio.

Christian