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Is the trademark FriendMe different from the trademark friend.me for a domain name? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Trademarks on company name - would “BodyLife” and “BodyForLife” collide? I've picked a domain name for my start-up. lets say the domain name is ...
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Is it safe to use a trademarked name in a domain name? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you use a domain name that includes a product name from another company? When selling products related to an established brand such as Kindle, Apple, Nokia, could ...
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Should I change my domain name if there is a company with the same name?

I recently registered a co.uk domain name which I was hoping to use as the site for an e-commerce business. After registering I checked companies house and found there is already a registered Ltd. ...
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Domains and trademark issues

When my company first got setup and registered domains, we were unable to get the .com of our company name, as it was already registered. We have all of the other top level domains for our name ...
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Can I register a domain that includes a registered trademark, such as “firefox-debugger.com”?

I'm planning to build an addon for a platform, can I register a domain name with that platform's name in it? i.e. iphone-flashlight.com firefox-debugger.com search-onstartups.com What do you ...
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Domain name and trademark

I've recently registered a domain name, but was contacted by a big-name toy company recently, saying my domain name infringed on their trademark. The domain name does contain a toy's name (within the ...
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Copyright or trademark infringement on web site name

I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name. Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name? If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain ...
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Role of fictitious names as they relate to products & domains for a business entity

I own an LLC-based out of California in the bay area. While I own the basic domain for my company, I intend to launch my entity's first project using a different domain/name. That is, it's still ...
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how to deal with a slanderous website that is using a trademarked domain name

A friend of mine accidentally let the .com domain of their US business expire, and it was snatched up by an unknown person who has a personal grudge against them. The website is now full of slanderous ...
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Trademarks on company name - would “BodyLife” and “BodyForLife” collide?

I'm trying to understand how similarities in trademarks are dealt with. To take an example (that I used in a previous unrelated question), assuming a trademark existed for "BodyLife", a company ...
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Can you use a domain name that includes a product name from another company?

Can you use a domain name that includes a product or company name from another company? For example, could I register a domain starbucks-reviews.com and make reviews of starbucks shops? Or ...