beaker
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<div class="bbWrapper">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".<br />
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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.<br />
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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<br />
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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.<br />
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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? <br />
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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" ?<br />
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Thanks for any insights.</div>
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