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I recently had a bad experience with a company. I'd like to create a website to tell my story and warn other consumers. I'm not going to make accusations or libelous statements, but I would like to lay out the facts and let the public decide. My question is this: if their domain name is xyzcorp.COM, will I run into legal difficulties if I register xyzcorp.US? Since I won't be selling a product, and I'll only be talking about the company, I believe I should be legally safe. Am I right or wrong?

2007-07-09 10:17:22 · 4 answers · asked by hallowlulu 2 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

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that is probably illegal. the test is confusuion. xyzcorpsucks.com is probably legal. there is a lot of info on suck sites.
added a link

2007-07-09 10:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by blktan23 3 · 2 0

No, they can challenge the registration on the grounds that you are intended to harm their trademark through your actions.

Under the domain name dispute rules, you would need to show that your use of their trademark in the domain name was in good faith, that you had no intent to compete with the company or to harm their reputation, and that you have some independent legitimate grounds for using their mark. By your own admission, you would lose on all three points.

The non-commercial nature of your activities doesn't matter. Trademark law also protects them against dilution and taint -- actions that would harm the value of their trademark in other ways.

2007-07-09 10:32:47 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0 1

look on the web, you will see many sites dedicated to injustices down by a corporation or public individual, they usually have in their domain name not only the company name but an adjective to described the site as anti corporation

2007-07-09 10:59:25 · answer #3 · answered by goz1111 7 · 0 0

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2016-10-20 11:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by baumgarter 4 · 0 0

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