question When did Dell brand with EMC?

WhoaDomain.com · Mar 19, 2019

I know Dell bought EMC but I'd like to know when officially "Dell EMC" became a "thing" and does that mean no one can use the term EMC?

So much so you can't appoach them about a domain withoutwithout yourself at risk?

I do see EMC is a TM. That's the tm I'm more concerned about is EMC.

Is EMC generic enough to be safe? I won't post the domain here.

Really sucks when you have "grey" area domain and you gotta grow a pair just to approach your target buyer.

Is there a way to do this so as to make THEM reach out to you? You reaching out to them is always a bad idea as it's risky.

MadAboutDomains · Mar 19, 2019

It doesn't really matter whether Dell bought EMC or not, EMC was a corporation that traded under the name EMC and have trademarks that are EMC:

Their trademark for EMC still stands and therefore it would be unwise to approach them with a domain containing their trademark 'EMC'.

I can't imagine which domain you could offer them that they'd like to buy when they have EMC.com already

Good luck.

WhoaDomain.com · Mar 26, 2019

I guess I'll have to wait for them to reach out to me.

Abbreviations always can stand for as many words exist for each letter EMC.

Like Electronic Master of Ceremonies.

Then again always best to stay put till they reach out. Have a personal blog sitting on it right now. Nothing to do with tech. Always a waiting game.

MadAboutDomains · Mar 26, 2019

Avtar629 said:
Abbreviations always can stand for as many words exist for each letter EMC.

Like Electronic Master of Ceremonies.

Indeed, you're right about that and that would be a perfectly legitimate defense if they wanted to file a UDRP against you for the name in question. That and that there are probably other companies that likely use the mark 'EMC' to market their products and services.

However, approaching them with a name containing their trademark just gives them ammunition to take the name away from you. You effectively surrender the ability to defend yourself with the "I didn't even know [trademark] existed" argument when you do that unless you have an established brand of your own or other legitimate use of the domain.

WhoaDomain.com · Mar 26, 2019

yea sucks. can't even create an adsense website on it because with the keywords of the domain for sure the ads will show EMC's products.

I haven't checked the traffic on it actually. it's an exact match for something huge that they sell or do or whatever.

surprised they haven't reached out to me yet. the key really is they reach out.

I think the "trick" is to do SEO on a domain and actively submit it in to all the search engines so this domain goes on top of the searches for it's killer keywords.

Then they might notice "hey the heck is this?"

Companies like this huge must have people watching for their page rank for keywords that matter to them?

when they notice a domain they don't own is killing it in the search results. Then that might finally make them approach me?

did I just stumble on a "technique"?

MadAboutDomains · Mar 26, 2019

It's unlikely that these companies will hire people that scout out domains that they can buy up from established businesses such as how you describe that are high up in the search rankings - it's more likely to be looking for blatant trademark infringement that they know are easy pickings for them so that they can defend their brand.

I would do some research first before you waste your time. If the name contains "EMC" and anything that remotely resembles the products or services mentioned in any of their trademarks I would give up on the name now.

It's easy to come up with examples that aren't worth the trouble by looking at this and comparing it to their actual products and services.

[tm]memory.com
[tm]networking.com
[tm]pcs.com
[tm]cloud.com
[tm]servers.com
[tm]cloudstorage.com

All of the above they could have taken out of your hands ... if they wanted to ... before you can say "trademark infringement"

WhoaDomain.com · Mar 26, 2019

MadAboutDomains said:
It's unlikely that these companies will hire people that scout out domains that they can buy up from established businesses such as how you describe that are high up in the search rankings - it's more likely to be looking for blatant trademark infringement that they know are easy pickings for them so that they can defend their brand.

I would do some research first before you waste your time. If the name contains "EMC" and anything that remotely resembles the products or services mentioned in any of their trademarks I would give up on the name now.

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It's easy to come up with examples that aren't worth the trouble by looking at this and comparing it to their actual products and services.

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[tm]memory.com
[tm]networking.com
[tm]pcs.com
[tm]cloud.com
[tm]servers.com
[tm]cloudstorage.com

All of the above they could have taken out of your hands ... if they wanted to ... before you can say "trademark infringement"

lol

I'll just redirect I guess and cross sell anyone looking for emc whatever probably is into travel or dating or whatever not tech related.

so long as it's anything not related to goods and services as theirs.

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