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Old 02-06-2003, 08:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I am about to talk to my Lawyer...

I have a question about trademerk stuff.
I own a domain http://www.wwwanydomain.com and somebody else owns http://wwwanydomain.com. Is this against the law?

Here is an interesting one... wwwmicrosoft.com. Microsoft has not taken that one to court.
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Here is something interesting in my situation. I am selling products FOR the company that is complaining.
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Old 02-06-2003, 08:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I don't think this is possible. http://www.wwwanydomain.com and http://wwwanydomain.com are the same.
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Im a little confused...

Do you mean you own "www.Example.com", and someone else owns "www.wwwExample.com".?

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I own www.wwwexample.com. Am I infrindging on www.example.com?
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Yes. This is perhaps one of the easiest types of infringement available on the Internet. There are so many UDRP and court decisions based on this exact pattern, there isn't even a question.
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Are you an authorized reseller of their products? Have they given permission to use their domain? Do they have a registered trademark or is it a generic term?
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Between owning the wwwexample.com and selling example.com's products, chances are you would be infringing unless they said you could do it.
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Your only chance of winning is if the part after the "www" is a completely generic word, with no trademark rights.
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Unless the owners of example.com aren't worried, or approve of the use.

Not every company out there is run by anally-retentive attorneys.
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