Is Adding "FB" keyword in domain name allowed?

RK

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• Jun 18, 2020

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I remember a few years back I bought 2 domain names including " Facebook " & " Instagram " keywords in the domain name and after few days I got a mail from Facebook that I can't use these domain names because of their copyrights. So my question is, can I add the "FB" keyword in my domain name. Is it allowed? and anyone else done that before?

Note: I need this for a long term project.

 

xfiles999

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• Jun 18, 2020

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No, i don't think so.i had a domain with FB name in past and i got email from Facebook legal team to drop the site and not to renew the domain.

EDIT: Iam talking about "Facebook" as whole. FB i haven't tried but i don't think it will work as well. Not stleast for any authority site.

 

Kenobii

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• Jun 18, 2020

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fb should be fine. My friend has been running a few sites selling facebook goods for a few years now and they all contain "FB".

 

Danny Crypto

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• Jun 18, 2020

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FB Will Work

 

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MisterXYZ

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• Jun 18, 2020

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Better to avoid such thing for long term project.

You do not want to get surprised after putting efforts.

 

TomTheCat

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• Jun 18, 2020

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Search for the trademark here. If it doesn't exist, you can register the domain.

Code:

https://www.wipo.int/branddb/en/

 

the_skr

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• Jun 28, 2020

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Imagine not being able to register a domain because it contains two certain characters togethers, hahaha.