After seeing the sale of sex.com, I thoght I’d take a look at who was up for sex.eu. In the first 10 minutes after applications opened, 131 requests Although many appear to be multiple requests from the same buyer through different registrars. They’re nearly all claiming prior right to the word as a national trademark.
Taking a look at the European trademarks, the word obviously means many different things across Europe. There are trademark registered or applied for under sex for:
- Austria: online material
- Germany: Indoor aquariums and covers for indoor aquariums and Toothbrushes, toothpicks, dental floss
- Germany: Friction lighters for igniting gas; gas lighters; lighters.
- Germany: Perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions, soaps, dentifrices
- Germany: Tobacco; smoker’s articles
There’s another 40 trademarks in the EU with the word in it…this must be one of the weirdest – SEX WAX .MR. ZOGS.THE BEST FOR YOUR STICK – which does actually appear to be surfboard wax.
