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marketsmart · 02-05-2010, 09:20 PM

If someone owns the .com of a business, but has not trademarked that name can a person register the name and acquire the .net or .org and then have legal recourse to take the .com?

I know that if a business or person uses a name without registering the trademark then they can be forced to only protect their name in the geographical location the are using the name, but does that protect the .com as well or only the name?

Does one have the legal basis to ask/request the person or business to give up the .com or cease using the .com if one is able to trademark the name?

02-05-2010, 09:20 PM
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	Calling All Armchair Trademark Attorney's (Warning: Business Thread) If someone owns the .com of a business, but has not trademarked that name can a person register the name and acquire the .net or .org and then have legal recourse to take the .com? I know that if a business or person uses a name without registering the trademark then they can be forced to only protect their name in the geographical location the are using the name, but does that protect the .com as well or only the name? Does one have the legal basis to ask/request the person or business to give up the .com or cease using the .com if one is able to trademark the name?