subject: How To Avoid Legal Trouble From Trademark Infringement When You Buy A Domain Name [print this page] So you have a hot idea for a website, or perhaps you want to profit on a hot new product that has just been released too. There are some things you will know before you even get in a lot of hot water.
The choice of a domain name is not really rocket science, but it is very important. You want something to talk to as short as possible and easy to use and you think it choose marketing purposes, and if at all possible, you want your most important keywords in which oneDomain name. All that aside, you have to be careful that you do not step on the toes of a person or company that may be inclined to sue you.
For example, the judges against domain name squatters have ruled in any case, if it registers a famous name. They are also against the rules that hurt businesses to other businesses. A good example would be the case a few years ago between the World Wrestling Federation and the World Wildlife Foundation. TheWorld Wrestling Federation was called "WWF", put up a website on wwf.com, and the World Wildlife Foundation filed a trademark infringement action against them. Won The Wildlife Foundation, because in existence for many years before the wrestling company, which is why the World Wrestling Federation have had to change its name to World Wrestling Entertainment's control. Obviously these costs to a large part of money to change their names to appear on millions of marketing products throughout theWorld and the costs they had on their website and set up online marketing.
Another recent issue that has not been completed, the battle between Apple and the VoIP product "iPhone" by Cisco. Apple has announced that they would bring a product to market as the Apple iPhone to go along with the other products with an "I". Cisco promptly filed for injunctive relief and as of this writing, the question is unresolved.
