My site - domain trademark on A word??

I have a site for models and photographers called:

****Talent.com

Obviously words like model, talent, photgrapher etc will be used for many modelling sites. I found out there are a few modelling sites using

(A different word)Talent.com


Q. Can the word 'talent' in a domain name become exclusive to someone?
In a particular category i mean. (modelling industry)

I don't understand so sorry of I'm not explaining myself very well.

 

As far as I am aware you can't hold copyright on format can you?

Does Apple have a copyright on putting lowercase i's before things? Or eBay with little e's?

 

no, it can't, regardless of the industry

 

I dont think you can copyright trademarks that are a general term or word.

 

Ok. Thank you

I was just wondering, because if someone used the word 'space' in a domain and used it for social networking, myspace would usually take it from them.

...mind you, it's probably because myspace is huge ?

 

Can anyone explain it in more detail?

 

Source:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

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Copyright is effectively never lost these days, unless explicitly given away. You also can't "copyright a name" or anything short like that, such as almost all titles. You may be thinking of trade marks, which apply to names, and can be weakened or lost if not defended.

You generally trademark terms by using them to refer to your brand of a generic type of product or service. Like a "Delta" airline. Delta Airlines "owns" that word applied to air travel, even though it is also an ordinary word. Delta Hotels owns it when applied to hotels. (This case is fairly unusual as both are travel companies. Usually the industries are more distinct.) Neither owns the word on its own, only in context, and owning a mark doesn't mean complete control -- see a more detailed treatise on this law for details.

You can't use somebody else's trademark in a way that would steal the value of the mark, or in a way that might make people confuse you with the real owner of the mark, or which might allow you to profit from the mark's good name. For example, if I were giving advice on music videos, I would be very wary of trying to label my works with a name like "mtv." You can use marks to critcise or parody the holder, as long as it's clear you aren't the holder.

 

Also remember outside the US your protection will vary...

(sorry my link isn't clickable, my post count isn't high enough to allow live links)

 

nope to the question. why don't you register a business entity in your country using that particular name? then make a trademark for the name as well the domain