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Question About a Domain I Registered

by Seanstex
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I found and registered an available .com domain that I want to use for a Hockey related website. However, I found out that there is an Android game with the same name.

Are Android games trade-marked? For example: if a company creates a game like "Super Jump!" or "lower it!" would I be able to register superjump.com or lowerit.com without legal-issue? The domain I registered is just a combination of two fairly popular words.

Thanks in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    you can go here and check: Trademarks Home
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    • Profile picture of the author Seanstex
      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      you can go here and check: Trademarks Home
      Thanks. It looks like I'm good to go. Would there be any issues if the phrase would be trade-marked at a later date by them or someone else?
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  • Profile picture of the author iresh
    Normally they dont trade mark games. You can have a go without worrying about it.
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    • Profile picture of the author drbrucehoag
      Ordinary day-to-day phrases normally can't be trade-marked. So I doubt that something like "lower it" could be protected by anyone.
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      • Profile picture of the author Seanstex
        Originally Posted by drbrucehoag View Post

        Ordinary day-to-day phrases normally can't be trade-marked. So I doubt that something like "lower it" could be protected by anyone.
        This is what I figured, but wasn't 100% on. Thanks for your input.
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    • Profile picture of the author Seanstex
      Originally Posted by iresh View Post

      Normally they dont trade mark games. You can have a go without worrying about it.
      This is good news!
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    Holy moly - lots of incorrect advice is being thrown around here.
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    • Profile picture of the author Seanstex
      Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel View Post

      Holy moly - lots of incorrect advice is being thrown around here.
      Are you able to tell me the correct advice then?
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  • Profile picture of the author PerformanceMan
    I don't see the advantage to getting this domain. If the game is popular people would visit your website expecting information about the game.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    Ordinary day-to-day words are trademarked regularly. "Windows" is a trademark. "Apple" is a trademark. Thousands of other every day words are trademarked.

    A trademark is applied to specific industries. While "Windows" is a trademark for an operating system, someone else could register "Windows" as a trademark for an entirely different industry, like window cleaning.

    A trademark does not have to be officially registered to have the power a registered one does. Just because it is not listed in a trademark database does not mean it does not exist.

    Yes, you could register "Super Jump!" or "lower it!" as a domain name, provided you are not using it to monetize or leverage someone else's trademark.

    I an not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author minimalseo
    My advice? If it's a popular game...auction the domain
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    • Profile picture of the author Seanstex
      Originally Posted by minimalseo View Post

      My advice? If it's a popular game...auction the domain
      I think I'm going to go that route. Appreciate all the feedback
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