Hi All, If I have a review site or blog that has a generic name, then I add a generic name for a subdomain, do I run into trouble if the two together make a registered trademark? Imaginary Example 1: ShackSales.com is a site for review the latest sales and deals at Radio Shack. Then I add a subdomain "radio". Now the url would be: radio.shacksales.com Imaginary Example 2: CardinalsShopper.com is an affiliate marketing site pushing Arizona Cardinals fan gear. Then I add a subdomain "arizona". Now the url would be: Arizona.CardinalsShopper.com Is this legal?
Depends how far you go... I know that goo.gle.cm or something like that was sued or taken offline at some point.
People have been sued for trademark infringement over their meta tags, and what you are talking about poses a much greater chance of confusion. If the trademark owner "thinks" it is infringement, do you want to be sued and forced to spend tens of thousands of dollars in a legal defense? I certainly wouldn't do it - I think the examples you gave are clearly infringement. Use a sub-directory i.e. shopper.com/arizona-cardinals/
if you plan to play with the infringement, forget it. if it happens once or twice by accident, its not bad