Potential Legal Issues With Competing EMD's?

Michael55555 · 04-17-2011, 12:03 AM

I have posted this question somewhere else, and I got conflicting answers.

If I have a domain, say chickenhens.net, and a chickenhens.com already exists, and chickenhens.com says "content and design produced by Niche Profit Sites", and chickenhens does not appear to be a registered trade mark (searched for at Trademarks Home) or actually company name or brand, could I potentially run into any legal or quasi-legal headaches if I use chickenhens.net as my own niche site? I would be planning to use original content and so forth, all 100% legitimate in that regard.

This relates to SEO I think it seems, so I'll post this here and hopefully, that is alright and appropriate. Thank you a trillion for any feedback in advanced.

Mike Grant · 04-17-2011, 12:20 AM

If it isn't trademarked, you're fine.

kennygoodman · 04-20-2011, 01:45 AM

Michael,

are you just using chicken hens as an example? You see trade marking a generic term like this woud be very difficult to do so I would see no potential legal issues.
If however you are talking of a company name e.g. VeryComInc.com and you buy VeryVomInc.net and VeryComInc.com have operated a company with that name and can prove they have marketed that name then you could enter potential legal issues even if they don't have a trademark.

I hope this helps

Kenny

04-17-2011, 12:03 AM	#1
Michael55555 Part Time Thomas Edison Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 1,352 Thanks: 100 Thanked 146 Times in 119 Posts Social Networking	Potential Legal Issues With Competing EMD's? I have posted this question somewhere else, and I got conflicting answers. If I have a domain, say chickenhens.net, and a chickenhens.com already exists, and chickenhens.com says "content and design produced by Niche Profit Sites", and chickenhens does not appear to be a registered trade mark (searched for at Trademarks Home) or actually company name or brand, could I potentially run into any legal or quasi-legal headaches if I use chickenhens.net as my own niche site? I would be planning to use original content and so forth, all 100% legitimate in that regard. This relates to SEO I think it seems, so I'll post this here and hopefully, that is alright and appropriate. Thank you a trillion for any feedback in advanced.
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04-17-2011, 12:20 AM	#2
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04-20-2011, 01:45 AM	#3
kennygoodman Kenny Goodman War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Potential Legal Issues With Competing EMD's? Michael, are you just using chicken hens as an example? You see trade marking a generic term like this woud be very difficult to do so I would see no potential legal issues. If however you are talking of a company name e.g. VeryComInc.com and you buy VeryVomInc.net and VeryComInc.com have operated a company with that name and can prove they have marketed that name then you could enter potential legal issues even if they don't have a trademark. I hope this helps Kenny