Legal Question - Need Advice

[Knight Rider]

So I'm buying a tech domain that has been registered for 13 years. Its a very good domain.

I am planning on developing the site but saw that there's another site with the domain "Star-mydomain.com* which is a very popular site. I've searched the US and Canadian TM database and there is no trademark on mydomain.

I did a bit of research and star-mydomain.com is a sub-site of a major newspaper in Malaysia (Alexa rank 2,000).

I was planning on developing the domain but thought It might be worth it to send an email to the owners of star-mydomain.com to see if they want mydomain.com thinking I could make a very nice profit off it.

Do you think I could cause any legal issues by using mydomain.com even though I can't find any trademarks for it and I'm in Canada, they are in Malaysia? Do you think trying to sell them the domain would cause an issue?

Thanks

 

[EnricoSchaefer]

You don't have to have a registered mark to have trademark rights. Be careful about approaching a potential trademark holder about sale as it coudl hurt you later.....