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pixeladd
Jun 17th 2008, 3:45 pm
I want to start a new site(will hopefully become public within the next 12 hours :D)

I just have one problem

the site is going to be DP related
will there be any legal issues with shawn about this?

I wont be taking any revenue or traffic away from DP
lol i dont think i could if i wanted to
Crazyanz
Jun 17th 2008, 4:30 pm
well keep it original there is no use of a copy of something already existing
zelphics
Jun 17th 2008, 8:08 pm
technically you're not supposed to, but you could probably get away with it (since digital and point are both english words).
chandan123
Jun 17th 2008, 10:29 pm
digitalpoint is some long lol

but u can make use of DP i think in your name if it is some sort of fan blog , site
htmlindex
Jun 18th 2008, 2:28 am
I want to start a new site(will hopefully become public within the next 12 hours :D)

I just have one problem

the site is going to be DP related
will there be any legal issues with shawn about this?


Why don't you PM Shawn directly & ask?
LadyHoldem
Jun 18th 2008, 2:30 am
Type the words 'digital point' into a firefox browser url bar.. hit enter.

Now do you really want to compete with that SEOwise?

hehe I just clicked the link in your siggy, I might just spend a buck on that sir ;) For the fun in it.
chandan123
Jun 18th 2008, 2:48 am
Why don't you PM Shawn directly & ask?

i doubt he replies for pms :p
Dave Zan
Jun 18th 2008, 10:03 pm
I wont be taking any revenue or traffic away from DP

If Shawn thinks that way as well, then there shouldn't necessarily be issues.
Of course, if he changes his mind, then that's a different story.
domnom
Jun 19th 2008, 4:07 pm
The two letter DP are not a trademark of DigitalPoint as far as i can know
Many sites and businesses use them
WebmasterTL
Jun 19th 2008, 7:50 pm
The two letter DP are not a trademark of DigitalPoint as far as i can know
Many sites and businesses use them

Agreed though you're site is directly and openly using DP = meaning Digitalpoint..:D
soad524
Jun 19th 2008, 8:02 pm
my sugestion is put a disclamer at the bottem of your site saying "this site is in no way affiliated with digitalpoint"
Red_Virus
Jun 19th 2008, 8:42 pm
Can be a problem ! never know but you can get in to some trouble if you are trying to start an hate forum/blog or just duplicate the categories.
kewlchat
Jun 19th 2008, 8:44 pm
personaly i wouldnt do it.. stay origional..
WebmasterTL
Jun 21st 2008, 12:17 am
I've checked back. I don't think Shawn would have any problem with that. Eventhough your making a a bit money but I personally don't think he'll take it seriously. Webmasters tend to be more open-minded than legal departments from Ebay or Paypal..:)

p/s- I will edit this post and say "low income webmaster like me tend to be more open-minded" if he seriously did sue you for using the name..LOL :p