Domain Name no-no’s… Interview with a Domain Name Lawyer
Phil Craig from http://www.DomainsIntoDollars.com interviews Domain Name and Trademark Lawyer, John B. Berryhill, PhD., about domain name and trademark issues
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My advice is to … My advice is to always try to do original marketing.
Riding on someone elses Trademark is for people without any creativity and automatically makes your business look B grade and ‘try hard’.
However, if you … However, if you purchase a name that is already part of a company’s product or business, then you are asking for trouble, even if it’s only a partial use of the name. It’s better to keep things generic and that way all rights to the domain name are yours. Likewise, if you come up with a name and a company then uses it, prior to registering the name as part of their product line, it is YOU that is entitled to compensation from any monies made on products marketed with that name, not the company!
If corporations … If corporations want a name for a product or their business, then they should think of it first. If they don’t, then they should buy it from the owner, or make an offer on it, if it is in their interest to do so.
Bullying the single investor/owner of a name simply because they got it first must have some illegal implications tied into it?
After all, a corporation, like a private buyer, is a single entity, but it doesn’t have the right to ownership unless it buys first!
I think we need to … I think we need to stop bending over so much for large corporations. Look at the issue regarding Nissan. I’m sure it’s very rare that the small guy ever wins. If anything, I’d consider Nissan Motor’s actions as “in bad faith”, not the other way around.
Phil Craig from http://www.DomainsIntoDollars.com interviews Domain Name and Trademark Lawyer, John B. Berryhill, PhD., about domain name and trademark issues
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
Before you buy, …
Before you buy, check trademarks first.
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
Too bad Im not in …
Too bad Im not in US and A, ha ha
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
My advice is to …
My advice is to always try to do original marketing.
Riding on someone elses Trademark is for people without any creativity and automatically makes your business look B grade and ‘try hard’.
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
so what is when I …
so what is when I use a domainname from a star??
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
COOL
COOL
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
However, if you …
However, if you purchase a name that is already part of a company’s product or business, then you are asking for trouble, even if it’s only a partial use of the name. It’s better to keep things generic and that way all rights to the domain name are yours. Likewise, if you come up with a name and a company then uses it, prior to registering the name as part of their product line, it is YOU that is entitled to compensation from any monies made on products marketed with that name, not the company!
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
If corporations …
If corporations want a name for a product or their business, then they should think of it first. If they don’t, then they should buy it from the owner, or make an offer on it, if it is in their interest to do so.
Bullying the single investor/owner of a name simply because they got it first must have some illegal implications tied into it?
After all, a corporation, like a private buyer, is a single entity, but it doesn’t have the right to ownership unless it buys first!
May 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
I think we need to …
I think we need to stop bending over so much for large corporations. Look at the issue regarding Nissan. I’m sure it’s very rare that the small guy ever wins. If anything, I’d consider Nissan Motor’s actions as “in bad faith”, not the other way around.