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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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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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Top level domains and costs of registering them?
Top level domains are going to cost a lot to register so for instance www.drink.coke could be around $100,000+.
However, once .coke has been registered, would it be cheaper to then register let's say ...
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How to get the owner of a registered domain name when there is no website
I would like to register a .com domain but it appears it is already taken. However, there is no webpage at all. I get this: ...
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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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What do you need in order to be a real .org?
I was wondering what characteristics a venture needs to have in order to be a real .org?
Also, since I never ran a .org before, what are some of the implications/pitfalls that come with that kind of ...
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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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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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Is it a good idea to have 24x7 in a domain name?
Is it advisable to opt for a word 24x7 within the domain name that will make it 12 characters?
Does it effect the marketablity of the domain name?
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what are the downsides to a nonsensical domain name?
I'm considering starting up a website that I could eventually turn into a business. The domain name that seems most obvious is, naturally, taken. I'm considering going with a non-obvious domain name ...
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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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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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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 / 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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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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Should I make my domain name private?
Should my domain be under my personal name, my business name, or completely kept private from whois.net?
I'm not even 100% sure it can be listed under a company name, but I will have to look into ...
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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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Reliability of .me TLD
I would like to start a website with the .me TLD and this domain name should be the brand name as well.
But as all .yu domains have been deleted, I'm a bit cautious.
Is it safe to register a .me ...
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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?
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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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Question about a Food Brand
I have a friend who makes very good banana bread. She tried to sell it on the street and got sold out of a huge batch within a very short time.
She wants to stay local within her city, but isn't ...
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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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Can I register an unregistered domain if it contains words from registered domains?
I am on the way of start my business and have a problem now,
If I get the domain like abcaxxx.com when abca.com is a registerd domain, will my domain closed?
marketdiscount.com registered, ...
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Using the word “should” in domain name
I'm deciding on a domain name and I like one, however it has the word "should" in it.
Do you know of any reason that would be a problem ?
Like people not being able to spell it or any such ?
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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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Unwanted Domain Names
What is the best thing to do with an unwanted domain name?
I bought playlistdesigner.co.uk about 2 years ago with the idea of making a website. Nowadays i just havent got the time to give it my full ...
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Which will be the popular domain name in the future .co .me or .org?
Getting a .com is getting more and more impossible these days.
I really think another domain extension name will take over.
If that was the case, which domain name extension you think will
become ...
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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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Trademark domain infringement
I am developing a tool but It's really difficult to get a name. I'm wondering if I can use a domain like xptoapp.com without infringement the trademark "xpto" if it exists. How does this work? I see ...
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How do you come up with a decent .com domain name?
It seems every common word or short sequence is owned or parked. Does anyone have any advice for the best way to come up with a decent .com domain name?
We are going to launch an HTML5, cloud hosted ...
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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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How long is too long for a website domain name?
How long is too long for a website domain name?
3 words?
4 words?
Also, how does the prefix "the" affect the domain. Sorry for such a stereotypical example but from what I have been told, ...
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Domain name question (whether to use letter “s”)
I need to come up with a domain name for my friend Peter's Lab. I'm thinking whether I should use:
peterlab.com or peterslab.com ?
Grammatically, I think "Peter's Lab" with an "s" is correct. ...
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What could go wrong if I put my site on a Somalia (.so) domain?
I'm starting to work on a new project and I'm going to name it with a word that ends with so.
The idea of registering a Somalia top-level domain (.so) for the project really excites me, and the ...
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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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budget: spend on domain or on adwords?
Assume that we've got a 10.000 (usd or euros) budget.
Which of the following 3 options is better for launching?
1) Spend all of it on a great domain (e.g mymobile.com)
2) Spend 20 on a mediocre ...
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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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Domain names availability
Now days its becoming increasingly difficult to get a decent domain name for company and products. Few are up for sale, but with high price tags. Any ideas for coming up with good domain names which ...
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I have received an offer for my domain. what should I do?
I have received a great offer for the domain name techhotbed.com and techhotbed.net (all of which I own under a company name). A very powerful blog building company approaches me last week and made a ...
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I need to change the name of my blog… can you help with suggestions? [closed]
I created the blog Austin Tech Geeks in August of last year. It's been somewhat successful as I have been able to get a decent number of subscribers and uniques every month. The blog is about tech ...
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Should startups acquire their two-letter abbreviated domain names early?
In light of facebook's acquisition of fb.com from the American Farm Bureau Federation for $8.5 Million
(http://mashable.com/2011/01/12/facebook-paid-8-5-million-to-acquire-fb-com/),
do you think ...
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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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How to find Subject Matter Experts
Short question: How can find Subject Matter Experts to validate a software product?
Details:
I am almost finishing my software product for a specific market segment and planning on my private BETA ...
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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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DNS Hosting Services (+API) - For Hundreds of Domains?
This is a follow up question to DNS Hosting Services - hopefully it's okay that I post like this.
I'm running a business app where users move their site to our platform, and looking for a better ...
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Whats with startsup using io domain?
I'm looking for a domain name and I've seen there are some new services launching with .io domain, is this suppose to mean something or there just choose it because it's short
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How important do you think the domain of a web/mobile game is?
Say you have a game (we'll call it Widgetville) that is web based and will also be extended to mobile devices.
But "widgetville.com" is taken. So your main domain would be something like ...
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Has anyone used any of the sites that find a name for you and had success?
From what I have read on here it seems that there are mixed reviews on whether or not to use keywords in your name, such as software or games, since a Google search on your name with a popular keyword ...
