Hi, I am going to create a blog site about mac tips and news. Will I get into trouble if I use "apple" or "mac" word in my domain name? I read Apple copyright and trademark guidelines. Is it okay to use "apple" or "mac" domain name if I have "Proper Trademark Notice and Attribution" on the website? Thank you.
i really don't think you'll have much of a problem. There are a lot of 3rd party mac news sites such as www.macsurfer.com, www.macnn.com, www.macintouch.com and the list goes on...
.. because it is not big enough to ATTRACT traffics or Apple itself. But let it grow BIG & you'll surely get into trouble. That's my opinion. Bashing a company like that is a no - no. Anyway, I don't not think you'll have trouble with a domain name that supports the company like: mac-wow.com mac-love-it.com and so on ...but when using domain names like this .. you never know, especially when Steve Jobs is the person in charge of the company. This has been discussed in the Legal section before, you may want to look over there for similar posts. I have listed a few good place to start :- http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=27631 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=26596 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=23421 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=24064