Infringing on a domain trademark?
 

if i reg a domain with the phrase debbiedoes(CITY).com would i face some sort of infrigement on a trademark or copyright?

if they trademarked "debbiedoes"

copywrite may be an issue too.

Do a trademark search. They are free.

Generally, the title of a single movie is not registrable as a trademark, however the name of a series of movies may be registrable. A title is also not copyrightable.

Someone recently filed for a federal registration for "Debbie Does Dallas" for clothing, namely shirts, tee-shirts, sweatshirts and hats.

In addition to other rights, the owners of a title may have state and/or federal unfair competition rights they can assert.

You should consult your intellectual property lawyer.

looks like the trademark that were made is out to "debbie does dallas" and not debbie does..

i still dont know about this tho..

FYI -- generally, the test for whether you infringe someone else's trademark is "likelihood of confusion" and takes a number of factors into account like whether the goods/services are similar, channels of distribution, etc.

So using this as an example hypothetically and assuming there are trademark rights, a court would look at whether someone who owns rights in debbiedoesdallas (and there is a site with this url) could claim that consumers are confused into thinking that debbiedoestampa is associated with debbiedoesdallas.

As always, you should consult your lawyer.