Comments for Northstartup http://www.nesota.com/blog Entrepreneurship in the North Star State Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:17:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Got a trademark? Go phish. by Matthew Swyers http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/83/comment-page-1#comment-362 Matthew Swyers Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:17:05 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=83#comment-362 Good report. There are a couple a variants on these scams we have identified over the years. There is both the international filing scam but there is also "monitoring" scams and the like that look like official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office documents but are not. Another big one is fraud by Chinese domain name registrars who contact U.S. Trademark holders stating that some Chinese corporation is about to register the U.S. Trademark holder's trademark in the .cn TLD. Then the "offer" the U.S. Trademark holder a right of first refusal for some hefty price for the domain name. Just thought we would chime in as we are always interested in receiving updates and passing them along for our customers. Thanks, The Trademark Company Good report. There are a couple a variants on these scams we have identified over the years. There is both the international filing scam but there is also “monitoring” scams and the like that look like official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office documents but are not.

Another big one is fraud by Chinese domain name registrars who contact U.S. Trademark holders stating that some Chinese corporation is about to register the U.S. Trademark holder’s trademark in the .cn TLD. Then the “offer” the U.S. Trademark holder a right of first refusal for some hefty price for the domain name.

Just thought we would chime in as we are always interested in receiving updates and passing them along for our customers.

Thanks,

The Trademark Company

]]> Comment on Going for it by Jeff http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-174 Jeff Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:27:47 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=41#comment-174 Glad you liked the post. If you'd like to contact me, my email address is jeff.keacher@nesota.com Glad you liked the post. If you’d like to contact me, my email address is jeff.keacher@nesota.com

]]> Comment on Going for it by Oliver Nassar http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-173 Oliver Nassar Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:19:30 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=41#comment-173 ps. whats your email? ps. whats your email?

]]> Comment on Going for it by Oliver Nassar http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-172 Oliver Nassar Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=41#comment-172 Great post. Captures a lot of people's similar thoughts I reckon. Great post. Captures a lot of people’s similar thoughts I reckon.

]]> Comment on Going for it by Preabmle to the Roller Coaster « Adventures in Extravalley http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-171 Preabmle to the Roller Coaster « Adventures in Extravalley Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:45:37 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=41#comment-171 [...] want this to be inspirational. Most of us want to start our business, but we aren’t rich, we don’t have contacts with [...] [...] want this to be inspirational. Most of us want to start our business, but we aren’t rich, we don’t have contacts with [...]

]]> Comment on Going for it by Black of Hat http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-162 Black of Hat Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:09:42 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=41#comment-162 204k miles and still going? You sound scrappy. Good luck. 204k miles and still going? You sound scrappy. Good luck.

]]> Comment on Announcing: Blurity! (version, err… what letter comes before “alpha”?) by Sean http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/57/comment-page-1#comment-161 Sean Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:02:54 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=57#comment-161 I would try the site, but it claims to be invite only. I would try the site, but it claims to be invite only.

]]> Comment on About by Jeff Pesek http://www.nesota.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-153 Jeff Pesek Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:07:04 +0000 http://nesota.com/blog/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-153 came across an older post you had re: entrepreneurship/startups. Want to chat? came across an older post you had re: entrepreneurship/startups. Want to chat?

]]> Comment on The Geek Squad: Brilliant Marketing by Stacy http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/49/comment-page-1#comment-76 Stacy Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:13:34 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=49#comment-76 I can't remember if you were in Mentor Connection, but he came and spoke to our group one day. My favorite story was when they staged a "SWAT team" marketing campaign to win an account and people thought it was the actual SWAT team. Memorable, for sure! I can’t remember if you were in Mentor Connection, but he came and spoke to our group one day. My favorite story was when they staged a “SWAT team” marketing campaign to win an account and people thought it was the actual SWAT team. Memorable, for sure!

]]> Comment on Startups from the Goalie’s Perspective by derrik http://www.nesota.com/blog/archives/55/comment-page-1#comment-64 derrik Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:51:46 +0000 http://www.nesota.com/blog/?p=55#comment-64 Not sure if you have seen it but we (2 Minneapolis guys) started hockeyfinder.com a place to manage and find pick up hockey. If you want more ice time check it out. Not sure if you have seen it but we (2 Minneapolis guys) started hockeyfinder.com a place to manage and find pick up hockey.

If you want more ice time check it out.

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