A spokesman for Nasdaq’s parent company, the National
Association of Securities Dealers Inc. (NASD), said: “We will
continue to make protection of the Nasdaq trade mark our highest
priority.”
The stock market and NASD own the Nasdaq trademark and it is
registered as such in the US, the UK and 38 other countries. NASD
announced last year that it plans to create a European Nasdaq, set
to go live this year. It currently uses the web site at
nasdaq-euromarket.com.