http://trademarkblog.disqus.com/enFri, 31 Oct 2008 11:25:28 -0000http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2008/10/common-law-trademarks-on-the-internet.html#comment-3409026<p>However, in a precedential decision in 2006, CDS, Inc. v. I.C.E.D. Management, Inc., 80 USPQ2d 1572 (TTAB 2006), the TTAB said this: "We do not believe that the creation of the Internet has rendered the concurrent use provision of the Trademark Act moot." "[T]he presence of advertising on the Internet does not automatically preclude concurrent use registration."</p><p></p>John L. WelchFri, 31 Oct 2008 11:25:28 -0000http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2008/10/common-law-trademarks-on-the-internet.html#comment-3398676<p>The TTAB touched on this in a non-precedential concurrent use proceeding (94001147) in 2005, stating that "in the age of the Internet, concurrent use registrations premised on geographically distinct uses appear to be a legal fiction as the Internet is accessible not only nationwide but world-wide. However, there is little judicial precedent or guidance as to the effect on either trademark infringement suits or on concurrent use proceedings of use by parties on Internet websites."</p>Michael HallThu, 30 Oct 2008 17:41:43 -0000