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Hi folks, I am a newbie so please excuse any ignorance in this field, but I need to clarify a couple of things in regards to domain names and trademarks, firstly is it true that all plural versions of a domain name are automatically a trade mark infringement of the singular, if they are registered afterwards, I read something about if you are a US citizen that as soon as you register a name you are automatically protected by the common law trademark and that any other registrations are infringements. So are loans.com or creditcards.com automatically an infringement, if the singular was registered first by somebody else? If so does this also apply the other way if somebody registers the plural first?
Also how does this apply to different extensions of either the plural, singular, or even the exact same word, assuming itâs a generic term and not obviously an infringement in any extension like âmicrosoft windowsâ would be, is creditcard.net an infringement of creditcard.com if it too was registered by somebody else afterwards? Also is all this internationally legally enforceable? I live in the UK, would somebody been protected by a US common law trademark be a problem for me?
Many thanks in advance
John
Also how does this apply to different extensions of either the plural, singular, or even the exact same word, assuming itâs a generic term and not obviously an infringement in any extension like âmicrosoft windowsâ would be, is creditcard.net an infringement of creditcard.com if it too was registered by somebody else afterwards? Also is all this internationally legally enforceable? I live in the UK, would somebody been protected by a US common law trademark be a problem for me?
Many thanks in advance
John