beaker
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So, the scenario is you keep an eye on future medical technologies. You read a new study, for example (fictional) Dr X and Dr Y state their new stentfuse (made up word for a new medical procedure) method could revolutionize the stent industry. "By developing the new stentfuse method we have reduced stent procedure times by 1hr".
You then register stentfuse domain names. You check to see if there are any trademarks prior to this and there are none. All you find is a patent from a couple years ago where they mention the word "stentfuse" as part of the naming of their treatment method.
In such a scenario "stentfuse" is a new medical term that the world over will use, for example such as "Colonoscopy" or "Tonsillectomy". So in my mind, owning stentfuse.com is like owning spinalfusion.com or colonoscopy.com
But here is where it gets confusing. The doctors create more patents. Now they make a stentfuse machine and start manufacturing these machines under a company called "Stentfuse Biomedical". Now the come knocking on my door demanding their domain names. Is this a problem? Will they say "we used stentfuse in our patent before you registered the domain" etc.
Also, taking things further. What if now that I own stentfuse domains, i host a non-profit page at stentfuse.com that discusses this new medical procedure?
My thinking is that new procedures and words are invented everyday and you can no more protect that than trying to protect something like the word "meme" ?
Thanks for any insights.
You then register stentfuse domain names. You check to see if there are any trademarks prior to this and there are none. All you find is a patent from a couple years ago where they mention the word "stentfuse" as part of the naming of their treatment method.
In such a scenario "stentfuse" is a new medical term that the world over will use, for example such as "Colonoscopy" or "Tonsillectomy". So in my mind, owning stentfuse.com is like owning spinalfusion.com or colonoscopy.com
But here is where it gets confusing. The doctors create more patents. Now they make a stentfuse machine and start manufacturing these machines under a company called "Stentfuse Biomedical". Now the come knocking on my door demanding their domain names. Is this a problem? Will they say "we used stentfuse in our patent before you registered the domain" etc.
Also, taking things further. What if now that I own stentfuse domains, i host a non-profit page at stentfuse.com that discusses this new medical procedure?
My thinking is that new procedures and words are invented everyday and you can no more protect that than trying to protect something like the word "meme" ?
Thanks for any insights.
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