question about a domain name

Hi all,

I'm going to open a new site, dedicated to Samsung products. I'm thinking about something like, for example

everythingsamsung.com, samsungportal.com or techsamsung.com ...

However I'm wondering if this is allowed and legal ... according to the ACPA or WIPO, for example. Or I should go with some domain name that does not contain "samsung" at all? Could you suggest please?

 

Don't take anything with samsung.

Why?

Samsung is a trademark. That means that if they want to they legally own the domain (I'm not a lawyer).

Now you can register it and they may not bother you, but I've seen it in many cases where sites were dedicated for a company and even drove traffic to the main company's website, and the company still stripped the domain from the user.

If you don't give them the domain once registered they could take you to court.

My 2 cents: avoid the hassle and don't register a name with a trademarked term.

Skinny

 

Don't do it unless you want to be hit by Samsung legal department.

In the past, I did some web work for one of Samsung sponsored project and it took it while to get an okay to have samsung in the domain name which was a name suggested by Samsung Marcomm department.

Go with names with does not contain trademark names so that you do not need to look across your shoulder every time.

 

They’ll appropriate it just like that, if they would be interested.
It’s a lost case beforehand.

 

You can actually go ahead, register it, and use it in whatever way you want as
long as you don't violate trademark laws. But do weigh your risk if it's worth it,
especially based on what your intent is in the first place.

 

Before you give such suggestions take deep look here:
http://www.wipo.int

Especially browse this section:
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/index-gtld.html

 

I'm well aware of those. That's why I included these:

Can I create a review site about ebay? Sure I can.

Why? Because I want to.

Can I make money off it? Nope, not even adsense.

Will I keep it? If ebay will let me.

 

If you're looking to sell just Samsung products email and ask them for permission, they may send you their permission.

 

depends on what country you're in

 

If it's a .com domain name we're talking about here, it doesn't matter.

The .com Registry is in Virginia. If a trademark holder sues and wins under the
ACPA (just google it), they can enforce the Registry to transfer the name to
them without any say-so from the registrant.