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Old 03-29-2009, 10:45 PM  
HandballJim
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Did you check it on www.uspto.gov first ?
Thanks for all the info...

The domain is something like japanese girl, and since my wife is a japanese girl that is very generic. As far as the uspto.gov database, someone can still hold a trademark and not have it registered...as long as he can prove commerce with the name. You don't have to have it registered, and it is a pain updating since they charge you each time you want to edit the trademark database info. What I usually do is print the webpage of the un-developed website or parking page as proof.

As far as making an offer to the owner, he has it over 10 years...I would make an offer but I can't afford it right now since I did purchase a couple from domainers recently and going to Hawaii on vacation soon. I should be more worried about making money by using the ton I have 1st, but domains are addictive. I also have a lot of .net domains, but .com will always have more value.
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