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Old 04-03-2009, 06:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Would I have problems with reg'in a popular film title as a .info?

Hi,

Been thinking of registering a popular film name in a .info and wondered if I would have any TM issues etc if I did so.

The film is relatively new and well known with massive hollywood actors in.

Thanks for any advice beforehand.
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Old 04-03-2009, 06:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Without knowing the name or anything. I couldn't tell you but most movies from what I knew had some sort of infringement protection behind it. I could be wrong. Also why would you want to register the .info? What is your purpose behind that?
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well i really like the film and thought id set up a minisite on the domain about the film perhaps. Just a few sketchy ideas at the moment. Thanks for the input by the way.
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Old 04-03-2009, 07:29 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The point is, the .com will get the traffic.

I once sold one such domain to the movie studio that eventually produced the film but I would not take such a chance again.
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In that case, I would register it, but be weary that there might be some people who might come after you if you end up getting more traffic than the actual site..
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