about Youporn trademark: does it affect related domains?
 

I see Youporn is obviously a trademark.
But does this affect similar names or the name youporn with prefixes or suffixes?
i.e.
if I would buy some domains (if they would be availables) who names are related to youporn as, for example, youpornster, youpornfuck and so on....would it be a problem in future starting a site with those ? or the fact that "you" and "porn" are normal words in english language won't create any trouble?

This is tricky, theoretically they trademarked YOUPORN itself - so you would need to do a trademark search to see if its that phrase exclusively, or that phrase and similarities. They may have registered trademarks for some deviations. They may have only registered this trademark in the USA only. Its a worldwide market - if your overseas and its a USA trademark then you can do whatever you want.

Hope this helps.

Not at all, go out and buy as many as possible :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

And then put your domain on the DNS servers that reside in the US.. Good luckk with that.

Just dont do it. :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents: I can tell you now, that the previous owners were very good about protecting their trademark rights, and its likely the new owners will do the same.

Could this be sarcastic in anyway?

Thank you.
I checked the trademark info about Yourporn and that's what I found, in the official page of TARR, that could be related to my question:

(words only): YOUPORN

but no sure if this could be a good point for all ppl who own a domaina name related to youporn.....


However I guess pornguy is right about this.


I know that this would be like an ant going against a giant. But even if I keep the domain still with doing nothing with it for a while, could they even reclaim it for free ?

youpornbook.com should be fine.

oh lol I thought youpornfacebook.com was fine too....

You could keep using it, while they fight each other over who gets it. :winkwink:

How did youporn get a tm they are infringing and trading on the goodwill of youtube so wtf? Not that I care but now that someone brings up the question :D

Basically a company with deep pockets that doesn't like something you've done with their business will litigate the hell out of you, regardless of whether they could win or lose. They win because they can out lawyer a small-timer. So unless you have a stack of money to burn, it's is best not to stick your head in the mouth of the alligator!

Why? Just make up your own name.:disgust

Marino sumo, why do you have an avatar with a tattooed man with a swastika?

actually dunno....it happened so fast that i couldn't realize it :thumbsup

they stole youtubes logo in the beginning, and they had stolen videos... so i guess they would be allright with it... right?

first page for youporn: youpornose.com/ youporncocks.com/

you that would be right. But the problem is that they would use as an hammer, the fact that someone got privilegies from the already famous name "youporn" by just adding a suffix or prefix. (that eventually would be the same privilege they got by using a name that come from youtube.).
Anyway it's better to go whole hog and ask them directly with an email.

A. Quoted for truth

and....

B. Fuck this guy


You have an avatar with a swastika on it and you didn't realize it? One wonders what else you don't realize.

What's wrong with swastika's?

Pick your own name without trying to in any way leach off of someone else's name.

In general, if you plan to make money by making your name similar to theirs and then competing in the same industry, that's infringement. It's ok if nobody ever heard of bluetree.com and you happened to use greenbush.com for something not directly related, but if you go out trying to leach off their name that's not cool.

The courts may consider many different factors, but in the end they are trying to figure out if you are trying to take unfair advantage of someone else's brand. Make your own brand. The record company Apple had the exact same name as the computer maker Apple and that was fine because neither was usury the other's reputation for their own gain. They were very different types of businesses so they could have identical trademarks. Only when Apple computer started selling music was there a problem because then they were competing. Similarly, if you do online porn with a brand similar to youporn that's not ok. Again, build your own brand rather than trying to leach off someone else's brand. Alternatively, be an affiliate of a major brand and use their brand in a fair way.

Just realized that i found a genius.....

:jerkoff

yeah! you couldn't be more right!
what I proposed is not fair since I would get advantages from other's brand and I'd not like ppl doing the same to me.
So i will act fair and develop my own brand.
Thank you!

you can :love2suck my :banana