If I register a .net domain and someone else registered a .com domain of the same name, can they claim it?
I have heard of domain wars where a person could try to get another to remove their website if the name sounds similar to theirs. The domain name I am trying to purchase has been registered, but is not in use. It appears to have been purchased by a web page publishing company almost a year ago. Is it possible they are holding on to it in attempts to sell it?
If I use the .net site of the same name, what can I do to protect myself? Do you think it is wise to contact the person who registered the .com site to see if he is willing to sell it, or if they plan to use it?
fyi… I’m a beginner at all this, but am trying to do all the work on building my site on my own.
Thanks so much for your responses. Do you think it would make sense to backorder the website? It is available on backorder.
If you register a domain name that’s their trademark, they can take it from you (it takes a court order, though). If they don’t own the trademark, no. If this is a business site, the domain name should be your trademark (or you should trademark it), so you don’t have this problem. (Building a website takes more than knowing where to click, huh?)
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January 12th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Similar names dispute occurs when both sites have the same ending like .com or .net
if you registered a site ending with .com anybody could register exactly the same name ending .net because .com and.net are regarded as totally separate.
Large organizations such as Yahoo! get around this by reserving all variations – yahoo.net belongs to Yahoo! but they don’t use it. If they hadn’t reserved yahoo.net anybody could have used it
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January 12th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
If you register a domain name that’s their trademark, they can take it from you (it takes a court order, though). If they don’t own the trademark, no. If this is a business site, the domain name should be your trademark (or you should trademark it), so you don’t have this problem. (Building a website takes more than knowing where to click, huh?)
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January 12th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
They can’t claim it. You will own the .net and they will own the .com
If you contact them to buy theirs, there is no telling how much they will want for it. So it’s probably safer to either pick a different .com domain name or just go with the .net
Now, there may be trademark or other ownership legalities associated with that company’s name. But domain names aren’t copyrighted they are only registered to the first buyer, so you are safe there.
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http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html