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Originally Posted by cw1865
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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I have seen something similar. An acquaintance many years ago, wanted to trademark, Toner, Ink & Ribbon, but those are precisely the products he sold. His trademark request was denied. He told me that something like "Staples" is generic enough that the stores were able to ge their trademark.