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auron990
May 27th 2007, 1:29 pm
Ok lets say theirs a site for example called target.com.
I make a site called targets.com
Target.com has a business with their named copyrighted any everything. Can they sue me for making targets.com?
blassfemy
May 27th 2007, 2:03 pm
depends on what you put on your site
tobycoke
May 27th 2007, 2:24 pm
It's "trademark" not "copyright". If you made a site in the same business as them and/or tried to trade off their name they could sue or take you to ICANN's UDRP court. http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm
ReadyToGo
May 27th 2007, 2:35 pm
For most cases, no. The term "target" is generic. However, if you show signs of "bad faith," then they can take actions against you.
Dave Zan
May 27th 2007, 11:56 pm
For most cases, no. The term "target" is generic. However, if you show signs of "bad faith," then they can take actions against you.

One can't show signs of "bad faith" if the term is generic to begin with. On the
other hand, it isn't often a question of whether it's generic or not, but how it's
intended to be used.