legalities in very close Domain names?

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  • d-null
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    • Apr 2007
    • 13724
    #1

    legalities in very close Domain names?

    Just was wondering about the legalities of someone registering a domain name that is very close to another one that is already big and established?

    for example, say I own youtube.com, and it is a profitable branded website, could someone come along and register youtub.com and put up a logo of someone in a bathtub, but run it as a video sharing site?

    how about dropping an 's' in a plural type domain... like if there was asianguysonblondchicks.com, could someone legally register and run an adult type business on asianguysonblondchick.com?

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    • d-null
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      • Apr 2007
      • 13724
      #2
      and when I say "legally", I mean safe from losing a lawsuit if it came

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        • StuBradley
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          • Jul 2002
          • 2625
          #3
          I believe that you would be okay so long as you were not running a competing website (thus the youtub example would be a bad idea). And assuming that the asianguys example would also be selling the same type of content that would be bad as well. Although I must warn you that I am not a lawyer.

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