Hello all, I am planning to register a domain(123XXXX.com), 123 as a prefix. XXXX is a dictionary word. But that XXXX.com domain is already owned by a big freelance job site company. So to avoid any confusion i have sent them a mail about my registration---- Their reply---------- So to avoid any future problem, what should i do? Should i just keep their mail reply? OR Should i ask them about written statement? The email have their headers and case id number. thanx
What else needs to be said ? It's done. Go and register the domain. In the future, NEVER send someone an email telling them that you are planning to register a domain. You are lucky that they didn't like or want it and registered it right our from under you. If you have a problem understanding trademark laws, then take a few minutes to read up on it, (seriously, a few minutes) but never tell someone about your idea, especially a domain. I understand that you had good intentions, but a few minutes on Google would have answered your questions about possible infringement of the domain name. Domains are one of a kind, if they had registered it, there wouldn't have been anything that you can do about it.
They hit the nail on the head. You don't need to deal with this until the issue is brought to you -- they can't hold you back from actually registering it. And for future reference, make sure you're very professional in how you approach a big company like the one you said you e-mailed.
You are lucky you got an email response. Don't push your luck by asking them to send you a written statement. As long as your usage doesn't infringe upon theirs, and being it was a common word, it wouldn't likely be infringement anyway.
Thanks MJewel, hmansfield, ksalman92 . To avoid any future confusion, i just directly contacted them. I already read Trademark laws. Main thing, I will not create a parallel site. Thanks mjewel for explaining TM part.