I'd recommend you stop by a site called dnforum.com. It costs money to join, but it's worth it. They have a whole section where people can get help with legal disputes. I have received some good advice there in the past. :-)
it's not the logo, it's the usage of the letters "ebay" in my domain name. hypothetically, if this goes to the supreme court and eBay wins, then all forums such as hondaforums, chevytalk, fordforums, nissanforums, ad infinitum would be pulled because they would automatically be illegal.
Actually, they could if they wanted to. If you were to start up TheNFLIsTheBest.com and speak nothing but good of the NFL, they could still shut you down for using their name in your domain.
Actually, they could if they wanted to. If you were to start up TheNFLIsTheBest.com and speak nothing but good of the NFL, they could still shut you down for using their name in your domain.
Actually- no. read my comments earlier in the thread. There are many instances where domain names contain references to copyrighted material. Courts have ruled that it is OK as long as reasonable people won't actually confuse your site with the known site. The problem is that it is hard to get it to that point, and most ISP's will yank sites like that at the first sign of a lawsuit, despite someone's willingness to fight the lawsuit, so you must fight them all the way, and outspend them. Sites like eBay have shown that they are willing to outspend anyone in order to protect their name, since few people are actually willing/able to take it all the way.
I own the domain hostyou.co.uk but a few months ago got a letter from a firm of Belgium solicitors, to cut a long story short their client hostyou.be own the trademark "hostyou" so they said I can't use it and if I continue to they would take me to court, even though I got the domain before they was granted the trademark they would still fight me to stop me using it, at the end of the day if these guys get any legal person involved they mean business, I couldn't afford to see where I stand without running in to loads of cost, give it up and put it down to experience.
I will not give up the domain unless they are willing to pay, but they have no need to so it's a catch 22
But if you have plenty of money then go for it and good luck
I own the domain hostyou.co.uk but a few months ago got a letter from a firm of Belgium solicitors, to cut a long story short their client hostyou.be own the trademark "hostyou" so they said I can't use it and if I continue to they would take me to court, even though I got the domain before they was granted the trademark they would still fight me to stop me using it, at the end of the day if these guys get any legal person involved they mean business, I couldn't afford to see where I stand without running in to loads of cost, give it up and put it down to experience.
I will not give up the domain unless they are willing to pay, but they have no need to so it's a catch 22
But if you have plenty of money then go for it and good luck
well, i think you should fight it because i have and won. they've dropped everything.
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