Domain Name: - GoFuckYourself.com

Pathfinder · 07-24-2002, 04:38 AM

The county I live in has a website with the domain name being the name of the county.

I am considering registering a domain name using the name of the county with "site" added to the county name.

In other words:

countyname.com is the county website domain name.

countynamesite.com is the domain name I am considering.

Should I expect the county to give me any trouble about the domain name?

jimmyf · 07-24-2002, 05:33 AM

Maybe 3 Sq.'s at county's expense.

Mr.Fiction · 07-24-2002, 05:59 AM

You should have no trouble. There have been a few (very few) cases where a city or country has gone after someone, but as far as I know, it's always been the exact name of the entity, and they usually lose.

There have been a couple of cases where they won in arbitration, but you can always appeal it to a court which would likely throw it out. The bottom line is that you should have nothing to worry about.

Pathfinder · 07-24-2002, 03:28 PM

Any more input about this?

buster · 07-24-2002, 03:31 PM

I own a bunch of names with city and state in them and i never had any problem.
peace
localg

07-24-2002, 04:38 AM	#1
Pathfinder theking of trailer parks Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tehachapi, California Posts: 2,277	Domain Name: The county I live in has a website with the domain name being the name of the county. I am considering registering a domain name using the name of the county with "site" added to the county name. In other words: countyname.com is the county website domain name. countynamesite.com is the domain name I am considering. Should I expect the county to give me any trouble about the domain name?

07-24-2002, 05:33 AM	#2
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07-24-2002, 03:31 PM	#5
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07-24-2002, 05:59 AM	#3
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	You should have no trouble. There have been a few (very few) cases where a city or country has gone after someone, but as far as I know, it's always been the exact name of the entity, and they usually lose. There have been a couple of cases where they won in arbitration, but you can always appeal it to a court which would likely throw it out. The bottom line is that you should have nothing to worry about.

07-24-2002, 03:28 PM	#4
Pathfinder theking of trailer parks Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tehachapi, California Posts: 2,277	Any more input about this?