Anyone started sites for The 2012 London Olympics Been English i can wait for it to come here i live in Manchester but its still gona be really exiting for the country just got 2 half decent domains would love some .coms though i just got LONDONOLYMPICS2012NEWS.INFO THELONDONOLYMPICS2012.INFO
You don't think, that's the problem. Kidding aside, the Olympics Committee does "police" their trademark rights for the world olympics. Search around enough and you'll find various samples. They may find them, they may not. But if they do, well...up to you.
hopefully i will be ok http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK260&q=inurl:olympics&btnG=Search thats alot of site with olympics in the url so i think i will be ok
One can always hope. It doesn't necessarily matter whether others can get away with it or not, or if the trademark holder will practically go after anyone they can, as long as laws and/or decisions exist upholding certain rights and their ability to enforce it. In this case, trademark laws allows one to protect their mark rights against any and all those who potentially infringe it. Even if you choose to ignore their "threats" or whatever you perceive them to be, they can always dispute your registration and possibly take them, even if you don't agree with it.
I knew cases at 2004 that the sites were instantly taken down from the registrars They have not only to protect the games but their sponsors too and you understand for what amount of money we talk here Other sites the registrars "paused" them until they would be able to examine them closer and this was after the Olympics that the site was useless
olympic site draw many a lot of traffic to you Just like 2004 Athens olympic and 2008 beijing olympics
If it's any clue, I registered several domains with the word "Olympics" in them about 6 months ago and Sedo wouldn't even list them because of the trademark infringement liability. Luckily I was able to drop them within the 5-day window.
hehe i just found there are 2 interesting urls that are free: LONDON-OLYMPICGAMES.ORG LONDON-OLYMPICGAMES.NET im not interested so might be of anyhelp if you need a decent name ^^
it all depends on how you use the domains but there shouldnt be any trade mark problems if you are careful...
I have a good domain but I haven't started promoting it yet. London 2012 are being very strict with regards to what you can/can't say.
Read this and think again. http://www.aardvarkbusiness.net/chat/viewtopic.php?t=7279 http://www.aardvarkbusiness.net/chat/viewtopic.php?t=15229
Yeah i was one of many that registared a number of domians. londonolympicstaxis.com londonolympicstransport.com londonolympicscheaphotels.com londonolympicsdiscountedrooms.com i have asked for legal help and assistance over these names and not had anything back as yet, there seems to be a big grey area..... anyone had any official letters or feedback as yet....