I just bought a pronouncable .com domain on a drop, and the last two characters of the name are the same as a popular country code. In fact, someone else has registered the same name, except they are using the country code as the pronouncable part of the name.
For example. if the name I bought is ABCDEFG.com (assume ABCDEFG is pronouncable), someone else is using ABCDE.fg for their site, and ABCDEFG is the name of their product. Also, the domain name I bought (ABCDEFG.com) was used to sell a service, and it went online 2 years before ABCDE.fg. I checked USPTO, and there is no trademark filing for ABCDEFG.
I parked my name (ABCDEFG.com) with a key word related to the service of the company that originally used it, which is different from what ABCDE.fg sells.
I don't think I'm infringing, but I'd be curious to see what you guys think, especially someone with legal experience. Thanks.
For example. if the name I bought is ABCDEFG.com (assume ABCDEFG is pronouncable), someone else is using ABCDE.fg for their site, and ABCDEFG is the name of their product. Also, the domain name I bought (ABCDEFG.com) was used to sell a service, and it went online 2 years before ABCDE.fg. I checked USPTO, and there is no trademark filing for ABCDEFG.
I parked my name (ABCDEFG.com) with a key word related to the service of the company that originally used it, which is different from what ABCDE.fg sells.
I don't think I'm infringing, but I'd be curious to see what you guys think, especially someone with legal experience. Thanks.