Domain Names With Trademarked Names

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by jdeeze, Jun 8, 2007.

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    Whats the issue with this. Can I buy a domain name say about BMW in the name..like www.awesomebmw.com could BMW directly ask me to remove it, or am I good to go ?
     
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  2. allout

    allout Prominent Member

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    I can't see why you would have a problem with that. You see a lot of domains with trademark names in it.
     
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    technically you arent supposed to but usually companies dont whine about it
     
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    craiger22 Well-Known Member

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    There used to be an article on wikipedia about the term "foxed". It was when fox went after websites using trademark names. I know it isnt bmw but it just shows that they can do it.
     
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    As far as you're not an automobile producer and using the BMW trademark to confuse your clients, that's OK ;)
     
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    At first I thout it was wrong but now that I think of it, I must say you should be OK because there are tons of domains with trademarks in them as long as long as its part of differnt domain alltogether, of course.
     
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    ebay gets really mad when you use the name ebay in a domain name. I had a tutorial site setup on how to use ebay to list your original digital products. It was totally free, and actually gave ebay business. They sent me a cease and desist letter. I'd be careful with TM stuff. If you ever want to sell the site it's really hard to get rid of too...
     
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    You have to be very careful, using any trademarked or registered name in any form can get you in a mess (Even a name that sounds like another, that is spelled differently).

    Here for instance about 25 miles from me, there was a isp at the time called: Cyber Quest, they had called themselves that for a few years, had big banners, billboard ads, local tv reviews, the whole works, they even had the name TMarked. They were actualy sued and were forced to drop there TM, by 'Qwest Communications', because according to Qwest, the name Cyber Quest was too similar, and folks might think cyber quest, was part of Qwest Communications.

    The little isp, had to pay court costs, and a LOT of money afterwards for new domain name, banners, billboards, flyers, etc..... to change their name, they settled for CQ Services.

    Here is a little bit of the actual report:
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    The court decided that Qwest Communications, Int’l v. Cyber-Quest, Inc. may proceed because a company has a right to protect its trademark in markets other than its pertinent area of business. The court stated that “a consumer might suppose that Cyber-Quest is a new Internet services division of Qwest”, and thus permitted the case to proceed.
     
    bluegill_catcher, Jun 9, 2007 IP