Would I be sued for stealing TM,and get massively bankrupped registering this domain?

Hey guys, Was planning to register youtubee.tv, but I have a feeling im going to get owned haha, I already own youtubee.info, So Everything is going ok with that, but I dont know, If i should renew during expirey

 

I think you're looking at some serious issues with liability for trademark infringement. It really depends on what you're doing with the sites. What you're doing is called typosquatting. It's not per se illegal, but it's a tricky thing to make sure that you're not going to get sued for...

If you have other questions, let me know.

Deena
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I know some people who played with fire and got burned. You up to it?

 

Google is a multi billion dollar business. They can afford fierce lawyers and the money it would cost them to run you to the ground would be peanuts for them.

 

Does that mean registering typo domains, i.e, facbook.com, or oogle.com, would also be considered as breaching TM infrigement policies..

 

----yep----

 

Hi.

Another thing you may want to consider with this though, if you are actually going to use this domain name for legitimate purposes. If so, I recommend trade marking the domain and use it. It will be a harder case for the oponents to win, but none the less like stated above, you are playing with fire and usually people get burned.

 

Can you get sued? Yes. Will you get sued? We can't answer that.

Maybe, if he's not planning to use it as a video sharing site. If that's the case, he is unquestionably infringing on YouTube's trademark.

Yep, check out the Anticyberquatting Consumer Protection Act aka Truth in Domain Names Act

 

As an alternative you could move to Iran or Nigeria or other country where law means nothing and/or where cyber crimes are unpunishable and you'll be immune

 

haha ohwell, my plan for many of the typo domains that I registered has no intention of breaching TM policies, I wouldnt have used youtubee for video sharing

 

Maybe not in terms of fees or jail time, but the OP can still lose the domain.
Unless that's not a problem.

No intention of breaching TM policies.....yet why did you register a practically
obvious typo anyway?

 

Tru dat, forgot to take ICANN TOS into account

 

Why not register, then try to sell those domains to these big companies at a high price. If they have the bucks to hire lawyers, they sure have the bucks to buy typo domain names. I think it's a faster way to make bucks.

 

Because they don't have to pay you to buy the typo names. They're entitled to them under the ICANN rules. They just have to contact your domain registrar with the proof that they're the trademark holder. And if that doesn't work for them, they file with WIPO. You lose your domain and you have to defend a WIPO action and run the risk of being labeled a cybersquatter...

Deena
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And unless they themselves are the ones infringing like Dotster and Name.com
did, the registrar will simply tell them to file a UDRP or get a court order.

And Gareth, would you pay a blackmailer or report him to the police? You may
pay him off if you choose to, but it's the principle for some where they might
rather have him brought in.

 

Hey look just say you made a typo when you registered the site from the beginning.

 

Its not worth the hassle. You can do well using a completely unique domain and not having to worry about liability issues. Good luck

 

Yeah, sure. I can tell the cop I didn't see the 65-kph speed limit sign when I
drove 70, and he can still give me a speeding ticket...or worse.

 

It was a Joke Dave!

 

yea. looks kinda fishy. how about using it as a landing page? like, " this domain is on sale.parked, visit our sponsors instead"
actually, i saw abc.me which i'm sure is not abc news ... what do you think?