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We applied for US trademark for our domain name(non generic term) through a trade mark agent in our city. Initially we were told it would cost around $1500. But we already spent more than that and the process not finished yet.

Everytime they send an invoice for various reasons it feels like we made a mistake by get into this. I was wondering if this is the case usually and how we can get it over with?

Looking for a recommendation from someone who is already a subscriber.

Just read this CNET article discussing how secure ethernet connections in public networks is. The author recommends some paid VPN services. Do you use VPN? Which one? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9854369-33.html

Some of their sites are built entirely on other people's creative work. In few minutes browsing one of their site I found couple of images from flickr that are copyright reserved.

But I'm curious how could they build a million dollar business with this model? How do they deal with issues arising from these?