Notice of Infringement of the term Snap & Snapchat
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If someone owned a domain with the word snap in before they ever came about surely they are safe ?
My friend owned a domain with the same word twice that he bought back in 99, a company bought the word .com back in 2004 in 2008 some prick in legal tried to sue him for the domain saying it was there word and they owned it and he had to hand over the domain or be sued for using the traded marked name.
The prick in legal didn't relaise he bought the domain 5 years before they even came about, once this was pointed out they crawled back under there rock.Segpay Suck Ass Worse Billing Company
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I guess they would use the 'user uploaded content' defense...I'm looking at your site and I don't see anything relating to "Snap/Snapchat" so I'm assuming you removed it....
I'm wondering though is this going to apply to sites like PornHub that have SnapChat in tons of porn videos??? "Hot cutie leaked snapchat fuck" or whats next, tinder? Tons of videos like "Tinder cutie sucks and fucks" etc etc are on those tube sites.
I guess PH would have the resources to take them on...Comment
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That would all depend on the usage of the trademark. If the trademarked word or term is generic and used in a different class of goods and services than that protected by the trademark, then they should have a viable defense and be safe. One of the leading domain catchers is Snapnames. Snapnames and Snapchat operate in different industries, so there's no conflict of interest with either of them using the word "snap" as branding. Snapnames.com was registered 11 1/2 years earlier than Snapchat.com. The earlier domain registration proves that there was no bad faith in the original registration of the domain, but if Snapnames were to also offer goods and services similar to Snapchat, there would likely be a problem.If someone owned a domain with the word snap in before they ever came about surely they are safe ?
My friend owned a domain with the same word twice that he bought back in 99, a company bought the word .com back in 2004 in 2008 some prick in legal tried to sue him for the domain saying it was there word and they owned it and he had to hand over the domain or be sued for using the traded marked name.
The prick in legal didn't relaise he bought the domain 5 years before they even came about, once this was pointed out they crawled back under there rock.Support American Heroes | How Bad is My Batch? | Vaccine Deaths & Adverse Reactions | Free Speech Coalition | <WARNING> ePayService / Guerra Capital, INC / MTACC payments | Flirt4Free Fucks their Affiliates | Don't do business with piece of shit Andy Alvarez from Webmaster Central / VR3000, who said:
"If it was up to me, they would have shot all 30,000 of those country loving shitheads"Comment
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suing those that use "snap"? good luck with that.

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But ya I can see them not wanting "snap" or "snapchat" on titles cause porn is against their TOSComment
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OP did not say the lawyers demanded the domain name. hausarzt posted that he/she owns a domain containing "snap" and Grisey posted a hypothetical situation.Support American Heroes | How Bad is My Batch? | Vaccine Deaths & Adverse Reactions | Free Speech Coalition | <WARNING> ePayService / Guerra Capital, INC / MTACC payments | Flirt4Free Fucks their Affiliates | Don't do business with piece of shit Andy Alvarez from Webmaster Central / VR3000, who said:
"If it was up to me, they would have shot all 30,000 of those country loving shitheads"Comment
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It's all about the lawyers and money. nomyenx, do you have more than SnapChat?Adult Hosting From US$2.24/month
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