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Legal aspect of selling a copyrighted movie themed domain?
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<blockquote data-quote="fm1234" data-source="post: 2255296" data-attributes="member: 73699"><p>It depends on context and the specific terms in the domain. In your example, you'd be begging for trouble -- LucasFilm not only has a trademark on the term "Jedi" but has aggressively gone after perceived trademark infringement for all things 'Star Wars' related for decades. They even sued a government contractor in the 1980s for labeling the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars." (they lost, but the fact that there is pretty much no one LF won't sue is the point here.) </p><p></p><p>Obviously you could be using the term "jedi" as a hypothetical, but the specific case is worth considering. Any domain name containing a term such as that one is going to likely be used for the obvious purpose -- to capitalise on the popularity of the term due to the related film -- and in any commercial context at all you will be asking for issues. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Frank</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fm1234, post: 2255296, member: 73699"] It depends on context and the specific terms in the domain. In your example, you'd be begging for trouble -- LucasFilm not only has a trademark on the term "Jedi" but has aggressively gone after perceived trademark infringement for all things 'Star Wars' related for decades. They even sued a government contractor in the 1980s for labeling the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars." (they lost, but the fact that there is pretty much no one LF won't sue is the point here.) Obviously you could be using the term "jedi" as a hypothetical, but the specific case is worth considering. Any domain name containing a term such as that one is going to likely be used for the obvious purpose -- to capitalise on the popularity of the term due to the related film -- and in any commercial context at all you will be asking for issues. Frank [/QUOTE]
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