Folks, I wanna start blogging / posting articles on this domain name. Do you see any legal issues because it has postit in it?
well, post-it is registered trademark but ipostit isn't necessarily unless you are selling post-it type products (electronic or otherwise) this name is very unique in that it almost crosses over into public domain because the name post it is universal to sticky papers you put notes on kind of like....check this out Trademarks are also a fairly unstable form of intellectual property. Their uniqueness must be vigilantly defended in order to remain defendable. Years ago, Coca-Cola lost the second half of its name to the public domain, when a judge ruled that "Cola" had become a generic term for referring to soft drinks. Similarly, "Aspirin" started as a brand name and wound up as the generic name for the drug. This is why the makers of "Kleenex" brand facial tissues bother with the "brand facial tissues" part, because there MUST be a viable generic term for a defendable brand name to exist. full article here
Good stuff from teamweiss, the key is, as was mentioned, not sell or compete with "post it" yellow sticky things. It's not violating a trademark that gets someone in trouble (and I'm not saying you are necessarily), it's when you get sued for it. If you don't give 3M any reason to go after you, that will go a long way towards you not have a problem. Plus, I agree that your name is in fact very generic - in a good way. On the other hand, big companies with lots of resources tend to do what they want. You might do some google searching to see what 3M's track record about protecting their TMs is.