if you're not trademarked are you a sitting duck?

[Mendis]

Just trying to get my head around this

In theory, if I had a company called DriveCampers selling camper vans on drivecampers.com, but I had no trademark registered for DriveCampers or drivecampers.com. Does this mean that anyone can set up a site selling campers on drivecampers.co.uk with impunity?

 

[domaingenius]

Just trying to get my head around this

In theory, if I had a company called DriveCampers selling camper vans on drivecampers.com, but I had no trademark registered for DriveCampers or drivecampers.com. Does this mean that anyone can set up a site selling campers on drivecampers.co.uk with impunity?

Yes provided they do not pass off as yourself,

DG

 

[texidriver]

IMO, yes anyone can set up a .co.uk site using a domain name not yet regged.

with impunity..depends on you.

If you are established as a company, using ???.com you aquire rights.

But they have to be defended.

There are many cases where companies own the .com and never bother with the others....net/ .org/ .co.uk etc

Until they find you have them and now want them even years later.


perhaps this will help.

http://www.nic.uk/disputes/drs/decisions/?contentId=2773

 

[Mendis]

perhaps this will help.

http://www.nic.uk/disputes/drs/decisions/?contentId=2773

thankyou.
that was quite a gripping read. I thought the respondant was going to get away with it for a while. Justice prevails eh? or not... depends on your view of these things i suppose.