Two new questions

domokun · May 4, 2007

Two newbie questions that hopefully the more experienced can answer.

I've come across a Disney domain name for sale. The problem is Im sure the term is trademarked. The Disney phrase gets a few thousand searches (according to Overture) a month. Is it worth investing in or will I loose it to Disney as soon as they notice?

Q2. I've asked this in one or two other places but can't get a stright answer. All I want to know is if domains like "Kobe8.com", "Iverson3.com" etc have any value and if they too are covered by trademarks.

Thanks in advance

Dale Hubbard · May 4, 2007

Stay away from trademarks. They are useless to you. If in doubt, leave it out. Disney is definitely a no-no. Don't know about your Kobe8 and Iverson3 - research them at USPTO.gov for starters.

cashable · May 4, 2007

For me, Disney domains are ok, but if trademarked, I stay away. I own about 20 domains with Disney in them, use many of the for active sites. I have only been contacted by Disney legal once, and that was for a domain that was a .info of one of their big sites, so we turned it over to them. They sent me an email, it was solved in about 5 minutes.

If you want any help with the Disney name, PM me, I would be glad to help.

IDEAS4 · May 4, 2007

I have disneyhotelrooms.com - and sedo and afrernic bumped it off- now I have no traffic details so the domain went from $$$$ to 0 in just days.

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domokun · May 5, 2007

Hmm. Im just not sure what to do.

On the one hand you have "disney hotel rooms" that (according to overture) got 0 searches last month. his domain (also three words long) got about 3k.

Then you've got trademark issues with some Disney domains and not with others. And when there is a dispute it can be sorted out quite quickly.

Hmmm... is it worth a punt?! I'll have to be quick though .. selling soon