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What to do whit this TM domain name ?
- Thread starter Oriam
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you can get in trouble from the person who owns the tm. and even if u sold it before they seek u out, the new owner, if they got in trouble, would just blame u. it's best to stay away from TMs, especially from companies that stick up for their tm rights.
you can get in trouble from the person who owns the tm. and even if u sold it before they seek u out, the new owner, if they got in trouble, would just blame u. it's best to stay away from TMs, especially from companies that stick up for their tm rights.
Partly correct, however the true question is whether 'blaming you' has any monetary side-effects. If you play your cards face up and don't try to make it a secret that there MIGHT be some TM problems with the domain in the future then selling it is a relatively safe bet. Anything that happens with the domain after you've sold it doesn't concern you the slightest bit.
On another note - for various reasons people get overly excited about TM issues whereas in reality corporations such as M$ actually file complaints only against a very small number of domains, mostly only ones that are indeed infringing their trademark (based on the content they're providing). Going through the case archives of National Arbitration Forum, you'll see that in 2009 Microsoft has filed complaints against 33 domains - for some reason, I think that the number of domains registered in 2008/2009 containing the word 'microsoft' or the names of any of their other trademarks is at least 50x this number.