United Parcel Service has filed a UDRP against the 11 year old domain name Driveups.com which is generic in nature, but actually has a double meaning.
While the term Drive up can refer to a any business that serves their “customers while they remain in their motor vehicles while being accommodated” like a fast food joint like Sonic or a bank’s drive up windown it can also mean someone who drives for United Parcel Service (UPS) in drive for UPS or UPS drivers which is what UPS is objecting to.
TM for INDRIVE UPS
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer hardware; computer software to control and improve computer and audio equipment sound quality; computer interface cards; semiconductors; printed circuit boards; semiconductor devices; computer programs for use in database management; memory cards; computer memories; a data storage system connected with computer servers comprising a tape library, a storage device which contains one or more computer tape drives, storage slots to hold tape cartridges and an automated tape loader; memory expansion boards; computer disc drives; redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers; computer networking devices, namely, network interface controllers, routers, hubs, bridges; computer storage devices, namely, blank floppy disks, blank hard-disks, hard-disk drives, floppy disk drives; computer storage devices, namely, blank solid state disk drives; electronic card data readers; all of the foregoing excluding navigation systems and tracking devices for motor vehicles and components of navigation systems and tracking devices for motor vehicles. FIRST USE: 20071107. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20100601
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 77558101
Filing Date August 28, 2008
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition October 4, 2011
Registration Number 4190916
Registration Date August 14, 2012
Owner (REGISTRANT) Memoright Memoritech Corporation CORPORATION BR.VIRGIN ISLANDS Offshore Incorporations Centre P.O. Box 957 Road Town, Tortola BR.VIRGIN ISLANDS
Attorney of Record Brent E. Routman
Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE “UPS” APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
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And what about Universal Power Supply in general ?
“And what about Universal Power Supply in general ?”
What about them? Is the domain name being used for any purpose relating to them?