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I have a popular generic dot com that I turned into a Wordpress blog, the problem is someone owns the .org and is using it for the same subject matter... They show they have have a copyright on their blog.. I did a TESS search and found over a dozen trademarks on the name, but none of which appear to belong to him.
Nobody has contacted me about it, that's not what this is about, I simply want to know whether or not I can use the .com without future repercussions.
He registered the .org in 1998, the .com I picked up at auction has a revised registration date of 2002, but was originally registered in 1996 I believe... My question is, What is the best and least expensive way of determining if his .org domain or blog indeed has a Trademark using that name, is TESS the only search?.
I have since replaced the domain with another one for my blog, but I'm not quite happy with it... I prefer to use the original.
Any advice from members, preferably with a legal background would be greatly appreciated.
Nobody has contacted me about it, that's not what this is about, I simply want to know whether or not I can use the .com without future repercussions.
He registered the .org in 1998, the .com I picked up at auction has a revised registration date of 2002, but was originally registered in 1996 I believe... My question is, What is the best and least expensive way of determining if his .org domain or blog indeed has a Trademark using that name, is TESS the only search?.
I have since replaced the domain with another one for my blog, but I'm not quite happy with it... I prefer to use the original.
Any advice from members, preferably with a legal background would be greatly appreciated.