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Old 11-14-2008, 05:05 PM
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Default Re: other people using my domain name.

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Originally Posted by sparky View Post
@carpediem As I pointed out I only have my corporation name trademarked. The domain in question xyz.com that name is not trademarked. I'm not sure if I can still use this form as I see they ask for trademark number which I do not have because that domain name is not trademarked.

@cw1865 Thank you for the link. I'm going to read it now.
Its going to boil down to the 'xyz' - if it is a nice non-generic name, then the fact that they are tacking a .com on the end of it is of little consequence. Good example would be Ford. Ford sells cars, the name 'Ford' has nothing to do with cars whatsoever. If somebody took ford.com and started selling cars, well, its likely going to be ruled trademark infringement. If the 'xyz' is generic, ie. widgets and they took widgets.com, well then you're going to have a more difficult time enforcing the trademark.
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