Misspelling domain

Can someone tell me, is it legal to register domain that is very similar to another domain?

Fro example.Let's say someone is registered the domain MyFree.com.

In that case is it legal for me to register:

MyFre.com or MyFee.com or Myfreee.com or something like that?

 

i think Myfre.com is legal myfreee.com is illegal because it contains the whole name which is trade market violation i think im not sure ask someone else

 

Yes it is.

Using the domain name that's potentially infringing a trademark...now that is a
different story.

 

I have to agree - so long as no trademark infringerent occurs, you're clear.

 

Thank you very much, but

how can I be sure, that the domain is not trademark?

 

You can search the database @ uspto.gov. Each country has their own trademark site. The url given is for usa trademarks.

 

Best to avoid misspelling in domain name, apart from trademark issue even it create confusion.

 

Thanks for that, but is it possible ordinary words like "free", "car", "house" to be trademark.

In my example I choose MyFree.com. So is it possible that to be trademark?



Also thanks for the site:uspto.gov, but you said it is only for US.Is there a site or tool, that will help us to find trademarks world-wide.I think it will be very hard to search on each country.

 

Ordinary dictionary words cannot be trademarked. however you should not use these words to confuse a user.

For example if you own windows.com and pretend to be microsoft thats dissallowed. But if you own windows.com and open a site which is furniture related or a forum or anything which does not confuse a user into believing that you are microsoft then its okay.

for example
gartarsoft.com is allowed
mikecrewsoft.com is not (similar to microsoft).

 

Thank you, but is it possible both of ordinary keywords to be a trademark.

For example:

"car" is not
"blue" is not, but is it possible someone to register trademark "bluecar"?

 

Typical uninformed post.

Apple, shell and tide are generic for the fruit, the mollusk, and the waves. But is
each one generic for computers, oil products and detergents?

Gartar, any word can be used as a trademark as long as they're not used in their
generic meaning. If the domain name you intend to register shows signs of any
commercial use (e.g. ads) infringing a party's trademark, expect trouble.

 

Actually in the following lines I did give an example which pretty much says what you have. So the whole paragraph isnt entirely misinformation if you read it entirely Dave.

Gartar it is possible to register say bluecar. Again you should not use a typo to compete against a competitor or earn profit or even traffic. Typos of a trademarked name are a strict no no.

 

Well, the first line sure confused me since dictionary words can be trademarks
as well. You could've clarified that a bit.

Anyway, a thousand pardons.

 

Tort law is hard to understand really. A lot has to do with what you end up doing with the site. If you're knowingly trying to capitalize on a trademark by getting a misspelling, you're probably going to get into trouble.

But you never know what could happen. Lawyers are pretty scummy and they'll find all sorts of loopholes to screw you over.