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Trademark for Domain Name
I am currently in the process of building a website and would like to know how I can register a trademark for the name of my website (to avoid possible problems with the competition).
What I am ...
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Using Domain name in EULA of a software rather than my name in the Licensor field
I intend to sell a software solution.I have already registered a domain but i dont have a registered company.Can i use my website/domain name eg:myproduct.com for the licensor field in the EULA rather ...
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Registering names in Asia and China
We received an email out of the blue a few weeks ago that noted another company is trying to register domain names in China with our same domain name. Is domain name registration in China the same as ...
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EU domain to start a business. Good idea?
This is my first question here,
I am going to start a business, but as you know it's not easy to find a good domain .com (if you don't want pay hundreds or thousands $).
I have found a good domain, ...
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Can I rent out a domain to my company?
Before I registered a limited company, I had bought a few domains containing the name of the company. Can I rent out the domains to my company? Is this legal? I don't want to sell the domains as in ...
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PUN domain name suffixes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Non .Com Domains - Does it Really Affect Branding?
I have been meaning to get on with my idea and first thing - the domain for its website. Naturally it was already ...
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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 ...
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How to respond to an offer to purchase a domain name
A few years ago, I had an idea for a startup. I registered a domain name, Twitter account and formed an LLC but haven't done much since.
I've just been emailed by an individual at Sedo asking if I'd ...
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Are .jobs domains frowned upon or okay for a start-up?
We are looking at creating a job board and wanted to use a .jobs domain name? Good idea or do we stick with .com ? The domain is very short and simple and describes the job board perfect.
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Generalistic-sounding COM domain available. Any trademark/patent issues?
I've been doing choosing of an appropriate domain name for my upcoming startup and I've identified a bunch of potentially usable names. They are available on COM. But! They are rather generalistic ...
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Are .st domains reliable for web startups? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
what's more important - .com or name?
Are .st domains reliable for web startups? Is there any known issue with them?
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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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How are domain sales taxed?
Say I bought a domain last summer for $9.99 and sold it later for $50,000, how would that be taxed? Capital Gains? Or something else? Eg, how much of the proceeds should I set aside for Federal, ...
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Should I use country-specific domain names or just .com?
I'm planning to launch a SaaS site soon in Norway and own the domain name under the Norwegian TLD (.no). If this is successful, I plan to translate the site and launch internationally. The .com domain ...
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Are there sites to help come up with new domain names?
It's getting a little difficult to come up with a domain name for a new idea I have. Most of the good names are either taken or parked.
Is there a site I can use to get ideas for my domain names ...
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How To Organize Information For Multiple Personal Businesses
I want to start multiple businesses. For these businesses I would like to have a separate checking account, telephone number, mailing address.
What do you suggest to make this as simple as possible ...
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Creating an MVP on a disposable domain or “the” domain
If you are putting together an MVP in the form of say a ppt presentation hosted at slidshare and then embedding it on a basic webpage, would you use a disposable domain, by disposable i mean still a ...
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Should I bother registering .NET/.ORG/.BIZ/.INFO domains along with .COM?
I own a small software company, which has it's website on a .COM-domain ( jitbit.com )
Should I register .ORG/.NET/.BIZ/.INFO as well? "jitbit.net/jitbit.biz/jitbit.info/jitbit.org" or it's just a ...
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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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Copyright or trademark infringement - similar app name
This is similar to another question on here, but my concern is slightly different.
I've been developing a web app for the past 2 years and registered the domain name for it about a year ago. Other ...
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Is my new name going to be trademarkable?
Ok, I think I'm going to give up my company name (see here: Trademark infringement - does it really sounds that bad?)
Given my situation I need to make sure:
Nobody will go after me again (it is ...
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Tips for breaking into domain brokering?
As a web developer I consider myself fairly familiar with SEO and website structure in terms of advising clients where there is room for improvement and such, however recently a client of mine asked ...
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Where to buy a reliable .ly domain
Nowadays, it seems a lot of startups use the .ly domain. Is there any suggested registar to buy a .ly domain, that is secure?
I heard so many stories about guys that have lost their .ly domain when ...
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Will naming my website like this be a case of copyright infrigment?
I want to create a website for a particular industry. There is a term that is used quite widely in the industry - for the sake of argument, lets say the expression is "great scott". The term is used ...
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global commercial website with a domain other than .com - can it ever succeed?
I'm considering launching a fairly niche website that has the potential developing into major commercial venture. But all the possible .com domains are already taken. I'm not exaggerating - absolutely ...
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Is a domain extension like .ch helpful for B2B startup or a gimmick?
My planned company name ends with "ch", - let's say it's "Velocity Reasearch". velocityreseach.com and velocityresear.ch are both available. Is using a TLD like .ch in this way considered a gimmick ...
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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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DNS Hosting Services
Can you recommend a good DNS hosting service?
I'm looking for a happy median between the free (and not reliable) providers and the staggeringly expensive ones.
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.info or .me for personal resume (CV)?
My question may be really simple, yet I can not find the answer.What is your opinion about the most appropriate top-level domain for a personal resume that the address will be printed in a business ...
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Why can't I find mid-priced .com domain names?
Either they are $7(register fee) or over $1000? My startup uses a popular keyword so decent .com's are hard to find. Any ideas?
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How to get domain name?
All nice names are already taken. I want to know that if a domain already exists but I attach some character in the beginning/end of the already registered domain name and get registered, is it good ...
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Domain squatting Business illegal?
I was thinking about this, is domain squatting illegal ?
I've initially thought that it was illegal, and there are people quoting various laws and stuff that says it's illegal, but after looking at ...
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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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Selling a high quality domain name
What is the best way to sell a high quality (dictionary word) domain name?
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Best places to sell domain names?
I have a domain name I would like to sell. What is the best bid auction site for selling domain names? Is it OK to list it in different domain name bidding sites? I don't want to commit to selling it ...
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Can I register as ABCsoft in Canada if there is an ABCsoft in Australia?
I was going to register my company name as "ABCsoft", but I discovered ABCsoft.com is already registered. Can I register as ABCsoft in Canada if there is an ABCsoft in Australia?
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what's more important - .com or name?
For domain names, how important is .com these days? Do you believe that a memorable name is more important?
Sure, people tend to look down at some top level domains ( .biz comes to mind), but what ...
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Registrars - Recommendations
Any recommendations on website registrars? I've used NameZero and Register.com in the past but my domains are just parked. Going to be looking for another domain name soon and wondered if there are ...
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.CO domain names
What's your opinion about the .CO domain names? If .COM/.NET domain names are not available, does it makes sense to go with .CO?
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Branding vs. domain name availability… and the consequences to creative solutions?
With the introduction of more versatile domain names, people have been utilizing subdomains and clever suffixes to create more unique domains (ie. del.icio.us.)
I've also come across others that use ...
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Intent to use vs. first use?
we're a small startup that filed an intent-to-use trademark for the name of our app which will be releasing soon.
Another company has offered to buy us out or buy the rights to our trademark ...
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Domain Policy Strategy?
What is the best course of action in dealing with Domain Policies? For instance, if my company develops open source software at www.bestsoft.com, should my Domain Policy allow the creation of ...
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If the USPTO website has a trademark as “Dead,” can I register it?
I plan to get a trademark registered and I was searching the USPTO website to see if it already taken or not. I figured out the Live/Dead Indicator is "Dead". Does that mean I can get this trademark?
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Creative software company name suffix
A lot of technology companies, especially non-consumer facing, have a multi-part name. The first part can be almost anything... The last word, or suffix, is a more formulaic noun, common choices ...
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Domain / Trademark
I own a phrase, which I have trademarked, and it is registered, and also copyrighted. I'm currently getting a website (somewhat finished). I have some domain names, but the exact one I want, someone ...
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Domain Name/Branding Question
Note: the following is not my sites name or subject matter it just being used as an equivalent example.
Consider that ExampleArchive.tld is registered but nothing is even parked there. The contact ...
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Why structure url as blog.site.com, rather than site/wordpress.com?
I was one of your recipients of $20 at the New Comm Forum yesterday, and I went out and bought your book with it! You clearly know a LOT!
I told my Tech Director last night that we should ...
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Domain name problem
I am searching for domain name over a week. But all options i have tried bought someone else. And those domain names are not active. They parked somewhere. I am almost out of options. In that case ...
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Will people still use my app if I have an alternative spelling for my domain name?
abcTech.com is already taken and I'm thinking about registering abcTek.com. Sites like de.lic.io.us (I don't even know where to put the dots) still succeeded despite their horrible names (or maybe ...
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Register domain in your name?
Do you generally register your website domain name under your first and last name or under your business name?
What is the best way to do this?
