Foreword By The Editor

The following article by Alex Finn brings into focus the somewhat blurry issues of trademark law as it relates to domain names and the use of keywords associated with domain names. If you want further information, be sure to follow the links in the last paragraph (headed About The Author).
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Domain Names

Discussions about trademark laws for the Internet invariably leads to the requirement (or otherwise) of trademarks for domain names. This is quite critical because the domain name you have conveys your identity and might also signify the services you offer customers.

A domain name that has been trademarked not only enables you to prosecute people who infringe your mark by using it as their own but also protects you from being looked upon as the owner of their website that might be making use of a deceptively similar domain name as yours.

You have to do a thorough search for almost identical domain names in cyberspace before registering your trademark, in order to prevent any infringements. The search must involve a detailed look at marks that are quite similar in spelling, sound or even meaning to the domain name you have chosen for your website. It is vital to register a domain only after properly checking that it does not infringe upon such trademarks.

Advice

For attaining this, it is preferable to engage the services of a cyber-law attorney, who can advise you in cyber-related trademark issues. This will not only enable you to avoid infringement claims but also save you from future conflicts.

It is essential to note in this regard that a domain name can be registered as a trademark only if it serves as a quick identifier of the products or services of your business, and not just as an address that brings web users to your site.

Keywords

Besides domain names and their possible infringement, infringement of keywords is a new menace in cyberspace, whereby genuine trademarks are lifted and used as keywords in advertisements put up through Yahoo, Google, and MSN, with the obvious purpose of creating a misunderstanding and confusion among customers.

Using such a keyword is not tantamount to a violation if the promotional ads lead to higher sales of the products or services behind the genuine trademark, but it is an infringement if the promoter starts using it as a tool for competing against the trademark owner.

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Foreword By The Editor

The following article by Francua Smith is about making sure you manage to get the best possible deal for yourself when buying a new laptop computer. Like almost any other product, the best laptops are often available by means of some rather circuitous routes and some knowledge of various “tricks of the trade”. These are spelled out in this article. I hope you enjoy it and, if you do, finish by following the author’s links at the end of the article (About The Author).
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Shopping

Whether we shop for bread and milk at the neighborhood grocery store,  for shirts, ties and shoes at a downtown department store or for cars or homes—we all want good deals. It’s no different with laptops. Most of us want excellent deals. This article helps you locate those special deals for laptops.

Empowerment

Many of us are willing to take time to cut out coupons, to settle into lines winding around the block at the crack of dawn to be among the lucky shoppers who will get to take advantage of a one-day sale, to drive across town to save twenty five cents on a box of cereal while spending a dollar on gas and to fill out countless rebate forms that will ultimately get us refunds that will barely cover the postage it took to mail them in.

Have you ever wondered why we do that? Why are we willing to go through so much trouble just to save some money, at times a few cents while at other time hundreds of dollars? Is it all about economics? I think that economics has something to do with it, of course, but the bigger and more motivating factor is quite a bit more psychological and much less obvious.

What I am talking about is empowerment. When we get to pay less for something that we know, or we think we know, is worth more we feel that we have legitimately beat the system, whatever we define the system to be. And beating the system, any system, is empowering. Now let’s look at some ways to find good laptop deals.

1. Build Your Own Laptop

When it comes to desktop computers, you can save money and gain that euphoric feeling of empowerment by finding sales offered by their manufacturers or retailers, by using discount coupons or rebates. There is yet another way of saving your hard earned money on a desktop computer and that is by actually building one yourself. And remember that there is nothing more empowering than a job well done. The same goes for laptops. You can actually build one yourself. Hunt for cheap components and you can build a decent machine that meets your needs. Learn more about custom built laptops later in this article.

2. Make Use of Manufacturer Sales

Unfortunately I need to fill you in on some bad news:  building your own laptop is not an option if you’re not tech savvy. Or maybe you only want something out-of-the-box and don’t have the time to construct one from scratch.

Well, you can still save cash on laptops by making the most of existing sales such as manufacturer sales, blow-out sales, clearance sales, after holiday sales and so on. You can find discount coupons in newspapers and on the Internet, and you can take advantage of rebate programs offered by manufacturers.

Much like the build-it-yourself option available for desktop computers, laptop computers have a unique savings option of their own and this is to take your set of needs, match them up to the list of specifications featured in the laptop you are considering and stick to the results.

3. Buy Only What You Need

Buy only that which you will actually use or else you will be throwing away good money. Do not get sucked into the latest hype and be brave enough to be out of vogue. There is absolutely no logical reason why you have to “keep up with the Jones’s”. Let me give you an example: if your current computer, whether a desktop or a laptop, has a 50 GB hard drive and you have not managed to fill it up even after three years of ownership, do not be tempted to buy a new laptop with a 20o or 400 GB hard drive just because your friend has one. That would be a complete and utter waste!

Conclusion

Good deals on laptops would be where you have taken advantage of a clearance sale, or one that accepts the discount coupon found in your local newspaper, or one that honors a rebate program or one that offers what you need, no more and no less. Any one of these would make for a fine deal while a mixture of several would make a excellent deal.

About The Author

Francua Smith is a wise Computer specialist who has a lot of experience on laptop computers. He will help you to choose your own wise laptop computer.