Sulit files for UDRP to claim related domain

onga parang ang daya. pero ang dami nga naman pwedeng gawing website na may sulit. sulit.net sulit.net.ph sulit.org sulit.com.ph. and so on hahahah hirap maging judge! :)

which reminds me of the pldt.com domain issue. Do you still remember this yuga?

I thought the owner of Sulit.ph has the trademark?

this will be an interesting case, wonder if it will be referred to local courts.

During trademark registration, you select a class for your trademark. That Sulit tm covers class 3: 03 LAUNDRY SOAP, TOILET SOAP, DISHWASHING SOAP, DETERGENT BAR,
DETERGENT POWDER, BLEACHING PREPARATIONS, CLEANING
PREPARATIONS, LAUNDRY PREPARATIONS, LAUNDRY BLEACH AND WASHING
PREPARATIONS

It isn’t in any way related to this case.

What’s interesting to note is that the word “sulit” is a generic Filipino term and, thus, cannot be trademarked.

While IANAL, Abe, here’s a few basic ideas of trademark law I’ve since learned from lawyers.

First, a trademark is a form of intellectual property using a word, phrase, symbol, image or a combination to distinctively identify the source of its good or service (a.k.a. service mark) in commerce. Thus, virtually any word or phrase can become a trademark.

Next, generic, common words can’t become trademarks if used in their generic or descriptive sense or context. Apple, Shell, Tide, and Head and Shoulders are generic or descriptive for the fruit, the mollusk, the waves, and one considered above the rest.

Note: I said trademarks distinctively identify the source. Thus, is Apple generic or descriptive for computers, Shell for gasoline, Tide for a detergent, or Head and Shoulders for shampoo?

Go to your nearby Puregold branch and see how many products on the shelf use common words (e.g. lucky me, hunts, milo, 8 o’clock, lady’s choice, etc.) to sell products. Di kaya you’d assume the moment you see puregold stamped on a store that it’s the supermarket?

Bottom line, it depends on context or usage. Sulit is generic as a Tagalog word for value worth your money or cost-efficient, but is it generic or descriptive for, say, a classified ads web site?

Yun nga lang, sulit.com.ph advertises itself as a place to get sulit deals. So if the sulit.ph owner argues that (at sana gawin nya yun para hindi ma-default), then s/he might stand a chance.

question is sino nauna mag register sa domain.. sulit.ph or sulit.com.ph hmm..

Magandang tanong, jun. Di kasi makita sa Dot.ph…

I tried opening sulit.ph pero tagalog-english dictionary lumalabas..so what the deal is all about?

Alam mo, Agrimensor, weird yun. Ganyan din nung gumamit ako ng IE at Chrome, pero redirect sya sa classifieds.ph nung gamit ko ng Firefox.