Trademark infringement???

[htmlindex]

Was curious to know, if you register a mispelling of a TMed name, could that be considered a TM infringement?

[it career]

It depends upon the company. Yahoo had taken down few typo domains by suing them, however most companies do not bother to run after 100's of typo domain owners

[Dave Zan]

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/08/23/microsoft_sues_to_stop_cybersquatters/

The company also filed a "John Doe" lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The suit is aimed at identifying cybersquatters and typosquatters who conceal their identities, and Microsoft said it will soon issue subpoenas to domain-name registrars.

Google acquired 2 or 3 supposedly typo domain names via UDRP.

[tkilgore]

Phonic Similarities is what they go by as far as TM law. Just depends on the overall brand.. my guess a Nike or a Google will chase ya down. Then again look at myspace .. they were stopped by a simple footer text..lol