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Twiiter . com sold for $16,999 on DropCatch today. There were 104 bids. Is it just me, or is that a waste of money and a UDRP waiting to happen?
There is no a good way. Usually domains are redirected to ads or pages with affiliate links.A question to all you parking and typo experts
What would be a good way to monetize this domain without getting into trouble?
A question to all you parking and typo experts
What would be a good way to monetize this domain without getting into trouble?
Yikes, more than enough reason for the UDRP to stick.There is no a good way. Usually domains are redirected to ads or pages with affiliate links.
But monetising a typos trademark implies the automatic loss of the domain in case of UDRP because there is a clear bad faith.
Right, what kind of ads, though? How do you set it up to avoid "risky" ads? Which service to use?Ads.
Right, what kind of ads, though? How do you set it up to avoid "risky" ads? Which service to use?
Anything that even remotely relates to Twitter somehowDefine "risky" ads.
Anything that even remotely relates to Twitter somehow
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telecommunication services, namely, providing online and telecommunication facilities for real-time interaction between and among users of computers,
mobile and handheld computers, and wired and wireless communication devices
• enabling individuals to send and receive messages via email,
instant messaging or a website on the internet in the field of general interest
• providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest
• providing an online community forum for registered users to share information, photos, audio and video content [ abut ] * about * themselves,
their likes and dislikes and daily activities, to get feedback from their peers, to form virtual communities, and to engage in social networking
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providing on-line journals, namely, blogs featuring user-defined content in the field of social-networking
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providing a website on the internet for the purpose of social networking
Right, what kind of ads, though? How do you set it up to avoid "risky" ads? Which service to use?
Good catch.
Not for disrespect but it does. As a general rule, TMs representing dictionary words are more difficult to defend than fictional ones.It doesn't matter if the TM is invented or a dictionary word
The Nice classification contains almost 50 categories.Yes, UDRP is inevitable here. There's no "good faith" you can invent to justify such an "investment".
Maybe it's not that they aren't worried but rather that they can't do anything as those domains are legitimately used?However, it also appears Twitter isn't too worried about going after their domain in other extensions.
Twitter/tld - just like apple/com - doesn't need necessarily to be used according to his dictionary meaning.Bird supplies
A domain, or the registration thereof, per se don't violate TM rights.I also think i violates twitter's trademark rights
Ads relating to services or goods pertaining to Nice classification categories untouched by Twitter TM.Right, what kind of ads, though? How do you set it up to avoid "risky" ads? Which service to use?
Not for disrespect but it does. As a general rule, TMs representing dictionary words are more difficult to defend than fictional ones.
The Nice classification contains almost 50 categories...
(iv) that by using the Domain Name, Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to Respondent’s website or other online location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with Complainant’s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of Respondent’s website or location or of a product or service on Respondent’s website or location.