"Trademarked name"+generic word.com, allowed?

Some name I was interested in I found out is trademarked. It's a combination word, something like "HomeImprovement".

If I add a generic word to it like "Homeimprovementplanet.com", would I be safe from them coming to bug me?

I was thinking the same thing, I wanted to buy googlelies.to
The possibilities with URLs... googlelies.to/you , subdomains why.googlelies.to/you etc

They'll sure try to threaten you to give over the domain, if they find out about it and don't like what you are doing for whatever reason. As to how much legal grounds they have for it, I am not sure, depends on jurisdiction I guess. You being in the right does not protect you from being sued, just as getting sued does not automatically mean you did something wrong.

I've done that so many times I cannot remember how many.

Go ahead, the worst that will happen is that they will come after you but unless they are a huge name I doubt they even would.

Should they come after you odds are you'll lose the domain.

oldguyjoe said:

They'll sure try to threaten you to give over the domain, if they find out about it and don't like what you are doing for whatever reason. As to how much legal grounds they have for it, I am not sure, depends on jurisdiction I guess. You being in the right does not protect you from being sued, just as getting sued does not automatically mean you did something wrong.

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BassTrackerBoats said:

I've done that so many times I cannot remember how many.

Go ahead, the worst that will happen is that they will come after you but unless they are a huge name I doubt they even would.

Should they come after you odds are you'll lose the domain.

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K but guys I said I would add a word after it, wouldn't that make it a new name, technically separate?

And thanks for clarifying BTB.

Zakch93 said:

K but guys I said I would add a word after it, wouldn't that make it a new name, technically separate?

And thanks for clarifying BTB.

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People got letters from lawyers about using acronyms of brand names that had words added to it. Imagine bhwmarketing.com domain. That kind of combination.

Perhaps it will be fine, if the content of your site has nothing to do with the brand name you used as part of your domain, but if it is related and they don't like it, you'll get their legal threats via mail, but you'll need your own legal help to determine how valid those claims are or are they just bluffing.

Just because they are asking you to stop and hand over the domain, doesn't mean that you have to or that they'll sue you, if you don't, but it can happen. This is just 1 extra risk you are taking with such domains. If the brand you want to use is not owned by a massive global corporation, you'll probably be fine. You can always register it with someone like https://njal.la/

You can have own trademark which will include brandname + general word. If you can register such trademark - you will have no issue with your domain name. But I do not know if that worth to pay for that.

BassTrackerBoats said:

I've done that so many times I cannot remember how many.

Go ahead, the worst that will happen is that they will come after you but unless they are a huge name I doubt they even would.

Should they come after you odds are you'll lose the domain.

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I was looking into doing a similar thing. How were you monetizing the domains? (if you don't mind sharing. I know you mentioned it in the past but can't find the posts :c )



As for OP, they might threaten but as people already mentioned, worst case is that you'll lose the domain. If you're really worried about getting sued or something like that you can try to register the domain on a registrar like njalla / use some fake data.

I even parked some exact trademarked brand in cc-TLD domain

Is their trademark just two dictionary words combined together? Will your website offer different services from them?

If you are lucky you will not have any complaint, at most if it goes wrong they will take your domain.
Beyond this I don't think you will have any other problems.
I personally wouldn't do this unless it's a domain for a churn & burn site.

ePrime said:

Is their trademark just two dictionary words combined together? Will your website offer different services from them?

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Yes.