Trademarks

[abrams1117]

Suppose there is a trademark on 'michaelS gloveS' , could you get away with:
michaelglove.com ?

Two generic words, combined to make a brand, each being plural ('s' at the end); could you removes the "S's" and use it as a domain name?

Thanks

 

[draqon]

well that depends on what you want to use the domain for. If we assume that Michaels Gloves is a glove selling company you could register MichaelGlove and use it to sell oranges and apples. You definetely couldn't use it to sell gloves, nor could you try to sell it to the Michaels Gloves company.

 

[Nic]

Dragon is right

 

I won't dare to say Dragon is wrong after I read his biography here :
http://www.dnforum.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=754

 

[RON2]

I think in a WIPO case it would be ruled 'confusingly similiar' to the original domain name.

Your use for it would be important too, and would be your only chance to keep the name if such a case was brought.

 

[abrams1117]

Thanks for all the responses, they are very helpful.

-J

 

[dotsofdomains]

The plural esses would, indeed, be ignored for purposes of assessing similarity.

 

[Omni]

Originally posted by goh
I won't dare to say Dragon is wrong after I read his biography here :
http://www.dnforum.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=754

lol Goh is an investigator