Can I register "cookmaster.fr" and get away with it?

[castoro]

Alright, clickbait title, sorry guys

My question is about trademark and general risks related to registering domain names with "common words":

For example,
Can I create a french website with a very general domain name (niche + "common word") like cookmaster.fr, dogmaster.fr, travelpro.fr, woodguide.fr etc...?

I know that I technically can, but can I run into trademark problems or similar ones?

Looking on WIPO i find this for : 60k results for the words "cook master" around the world. I was expecting this since "cook master" is not a very original name.

Also there is website called https://cook-master.com.ar/ in the SERP for "cook master"

I would really like to understand how you guys take decisions with your domain names.
I imagine for example that you, @Nargil , working a lot with expired domains, come accross a multitude of this cases.

(PS i know you are not layers, but I would still like to know your opinions)

Thanks guys

 

[sscaz]

There's not really anyone that can sue you for infrigning trademark if it's common words, for example:cookingfood, cookin gteacher they are both common words and not a brand... so i think it shouldn't be possible for them to make you problems.

 

[castoro]

There's not really anyone that can sue you for infrigning trademark if it's common words, for example:cookingfood, cookin gteacher they are both common words and not a brand... so i think it shouldn't be possible for them to make you problems.

this is reassuring

 

[mirrorer]

I think you can.

You can even use apple in your domain as long as it is not phone related but you can't use microsoft

 

[Enserio]

Anybody can file a UDRP- and wind up costing you paying for defending your registration and it's up to the WIPO panelists. If you look at UDRPSearch dot com you can see examples- lot's of dummies register obvious trademarks. Lot's of examples of "reverse domain hi-jacking" by corporations too. Trademarks are often not protected worldwide with smaller organizations, but large ones- say like MS, Google, Disney, etc never a good idea to register something that a multi-national already uses. The TESS database is for USA.

 

[SirLouen]

I'm not 100% sure about the french laws on domains, but for example, in Spain you can recover a domain if it matches your brand (although is not a simple process)

 

[Enserio]

I'm not 100% sure about the french laws on domains, but for example, in Spain you can recover a domain if it matches your brand (although is not a simple process)

France dot com- that is an interesting story- look it up. The guy registered and monetized it for years- with precedence set- but the French Gov simply took it away and the court battles on. Nissan dot com too, he died but fought his entire life to keep the name as it was his last name.

 

[code API]

I don't think that would be a problem