ebay in Domain name

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by thedynamic, Mar 20, 2008.

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    I have heard a lot of mixed things about this....


    is it okay to use "ebay" in your domain name?????
     
    thedynamic, Mar 20, 2008 IP
  2. djacobs

    djacobs Well-Known Member

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    What is the site about? If it's an auction site, I would say no, as that's infringement.
     
    djacobs, Mar 20, 2008 IP
  3. bluegrass special

    bluegrass special Peon

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    Even if it is not an auction site you could run into infringement issues. Why? One the term is not a word. Two, the famousness of the mark. The more well known a mark is the more protection it has.

    eBay won a case for infringement against PerfumeBay because it contained eBay in the URL. There was a little more to it, the perfume sales started on eBay originally but it was a stand alone non-auction site when PerfumeBay went up.
     
    bluegrass special, Mar 20, 2008 IP
  4. sydneyaus

    sydneyaus Active Member

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    I wouldn't take the risk, they are very strict about that. I wouldn't invest time and money in a domain name and a website and then having it taken from you because of trademark issue's.
     
    sydneyaus, Apr 3, 2008 IP
  5. nastynappy

    nastynappy Banned

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    lol checkout ebay.com.pk :p
    its parked on sedo i thing :p
    someone bought it to derive traffic , lol
    and ebay hasnt done anything yet.. so i suppose you can buy a domain with ebay in it, and use it as long as ebay doesnt notice it.
     
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  6. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    from what I remember, it has to be 4 levels down or further, to be legal: mysite.com/1/2/3/ebay
     
    Pixelrage, Apr 3, 2008 IP
  7. getjimmy

    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    Ya u can buy it,i have already seen people using all those big site domain trademark in their own domains.
     
    getjimmy, Apr 5, 2008 IP