Domain Name can be trademarked ? If yes how i can check ?

JeromeYo317

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Hello everyone i hope youre having a great day ! I have a question about domain names, would like to know if a domain name can be protected by a trademark if so, how can I verify it, please ? I have found some good expired domain name for less than 100 bucks. I'm afraid i might have legal problems if the domain name was registered as a trademark all help will be very useful thx in advance !!!!

 

tazarbm

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check for trademarks in...

USA... https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search
UK... https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmtext
Germany... https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/basis

These 3 are usually the most dangerous countries to infringe on trademarks in, so you should start with them.

 

PHPInjected

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You should also consider checking the .net, .org, and .co variations of the domain. Just to see if maybe that domain was purchased during a different time frame than the others. If they’re even registered.

 

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Check with wipo brand search and they will show worldwide trademarks.

Trademarks are only valid within a class. The same name can be trademarked by different people depending on the classes and country.

 

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Perb said:

The same name can be trademarked by different people depending on the classes and country.

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good call, I didn't think about it

 

GenesisOne

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You can only Trademark a Company or its products.
Domains cannot be Trademarked.
If you use original names (in fact, you can not register a company or a product if their names are not original) it should not be a problem to register all their TDL domains.

 

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Local authorities for brands
Europe
Wipo

Look at the active TMs, also don’t get distracted if the name exists - it also depends on the Nizza classes.
If you want to be on the safe side and plan a bigger project, take some money and let it do via lawyer.
I already lost some money due to bad research.

Best