trademark question

[testbot]

if a name contains any part of a trademark can it be taken from you?

example: TrademarkSomething.com <-- only the first half contains the trademark. the second word is just a common word.

 

[INVIGOR]

Pretty much yes, of course there are exceptions, primarily based on how you use it.

Best to just stay away from tm's

 

[Theo]

You can test it out by registering ebaymicrosoft.com - oh wait, some idiot already did that

 

[nubhost]

so what if you have a 3 word first word being tm then 2 other words, then your still liable to have it taken? and if so what do you do at that point? unregister it or something?

 

[testbot]

i took the risk and registered one of them.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Depends what you do with it. For example, check out www.rolexforums.com.