Originally Posted by ErectMedia

Actually all they have to do is show business usage under that name regardless of being trademarked. So if Nasty Dollars existed and was operating under that Business name before you bought NastyDollarsTGP etc... you would probably lose. I promote a lot of mainstream products through cj.com linkshare.com ebay amazon shopping etc... and under each advertiser that you sign up to promote they have terms of the affiliate program like you can't use our trademark on domain registrations or bid on our name for search advertising etc... Adult affiliate programs should create their own terms pages like the mainstream sponsors do so all the rules are open from the get go as whether a sponsor allows it or not is really up to them as it's their brand.