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Can I Be Sued For Registering a Domain Name That Is a Copyrighted Name? |
mcdonalds.com for example. I know that one is already registered. But what if it was available? What about intellectual property without a copyright? Could George Bush sue me if I registered imthedecider.com, for example? That would be a trademark and not a copyright issue. And what you're talking about is cybersquatting: yes copyright laws protece all of its tradename You can be sued for registerina a domain name that is already copyrighted. It's a fact of life that some domain names can bear a term or phrase resembling that of a trademark. Whether you'll be sued or not depends mainly on 2 things: a) whether your intended usage is potentially infringing someone's trademark rights, and b) if that trademark holder decides to hold you accountable for it or not. |
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