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**markts** · 10-02-2009, 03:16 PM

From what I understand, all domains with the words 'olympic' or 'olympics' are trademarked. Together are a number of others including all city-year or city-GAMES combinations.

Here is a list of trademarked slogans for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublicat...C-47_4&File=51

What do you think would be the absolute best domain name for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro that would not be a trademark infringement?

**sdsinc** · 10-02-2009, 03:28 PM

Slightly off-topic but what kind of value is there in such names ?

**ordersomething** · 10-02-2009, 03:29 PM

The Olympics vigorously defends any possible TM infringements.
And they will win.
It's better to stay away from that area altogether.

**draggar** · 10-02-2009, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ordersomething

The Olympics vigorously defends any possible TM infringements.
And they will win.
It's better to stay away from that area altogether.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

But - if you really want to try this niche - stay away from anything realted to Olympics. Try geo + keyword domains - like RioHotels, RiodeJaneirtravel, and so on.

Register anything with Olympics in it - maybe even Rio de Janeiro and 2016 then you may end up with a WIPO.

**hugegrowth** · 10-02-2009, 07:25 PM

The best would be Rio2016.com or Brazil2016.com

**fenomeno** · 10-02-2009, 07:33 PM

Rio2016.com sounds very good for that theme. But it is already taken in all popular extensions.
I own Rio de janeiro in .name extension and Rio city in .info extension, i hope i will not have problems

**hugegrowth** · 10-02-2009, 07:37 PM

I doubt you'll have problems with those, they are generic city names.

I don't know how Vancouver could trademark 'Vancouver 2010' or 'Canada 2010'. What if you were promoting something else in Canada that year, or promoting travel in 2010, surely they wouldn't have a case. Even 'vancouver games' or 'canada games' is a stretch, if you don't have olympic related content on your site.

The key is to stay away from the word 'Olympics'.

**Acro** · 10-02-2009, 09:03 PM

http://rio2016.com.br

And remember folks, the native name is Brasil - with an "s".

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sdsinc Missing in action Name: Kate Last Online: Today 06:44 PM iTrader: (41) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,668 DNF$: 28,093 Location: .cz Country:	Slightly off-topic but what kind of value is there in such names ? __________________ VeryOldNames.com

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fenomeno Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 09:34 PM iTrader: (1) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 81 DNF$: 0 Location: Europe	Rio2016.com sounds very good for that theme. But it is already taken in all popular extensions. I own Rio de janeiro in .name extension and Rio city in .info extension, i hope i will not have problems __________________ Business .gy for sale. In Guyana, official language is english! If you are interested, send me your offer or question on PM. Thank you.

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hugegrowth Last Online: Today 12:11 PM iTrader: (23) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,042 DNF$: 9,001 Location: BeeCee Country:	I doubt you'll have problems with those, they are generic city names. I don't know how Vancouver could trademark 'Vancouver 2010' or 'Canada 2010'. What if you were promoting something else in Canada that year, or promoting travel in 2010, surely they wouldn't have a case. Even 'vancouver games' or 'canada games' is a stretch, if you don't have olympic related content on your site. The key is to stay away from the word 'Olympics'. __________________ Submit URL Free now - Free website advertising and classifieds DomainReport.ca - domain tips and .ca domain blog

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ordersomething Exclusive Lifetime Member Last Online: Yesterday 03:33 PM iTrader: (4) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 492 DNF$: 4,310 Location: Corpus Christi	The Olympics vigorously defends any possible TM infringements. And they will win. It's better to stay away from that area altogether.

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