domain 420google.com is it worth anything?

[shiftaction]

I am new to buying and selling and was wondering if anyone could tell me if the domain 420google.com would be worth anything? Thanks!

 

[Ralph2472]

Nothing ! I would say. You have a big company copyright infringement there. It won't be long before their lawyers get in touch politely asking you to give it to them at your expense..

Regards

Ralph

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Your murdering money!
Stop the madness!
Email google see what they think lol
Value; Liability

 

[shiftaction]

I wasn't really going to use it as a business strategy, I was going to use it to post up a new discovery I have made with marijuana. Do you think this would suffice?

 

[Nappy Bunch]

I would stay clear of any copyrights especially Google

 

[bmugford]

Major TM issue. I would drop the domain.

Brad

 

[Ralph2472]

I wasn't really going to use it as a business strategy, I was going to use it to post up a new discovery I have made with marijuana. Do you think this would suffice?

Don't try to develop it. You'll just be wasting your money.
A few years ago, I bought a portfolio of domain names which included a name with the word "Xerox" ( I didn't want it)
Within 48 hours of it being transferred to me, I got an email from the Xerox company attorney telling me to give it to them, or get my attorney to contact them. I transferred it to them straight away which saved me a lot of hassle and expense.
Stay away from other people's copyright.
I know you don't want to hear this because you've bought the name. Cut your losses. It will be cheaper in the long run.

Regards

Ralph.

 

[shiftaction]

420google

I had google contact me before about a domain, google******.com. They of course asked if I would give to them, actually suggested. But I denied and have not heard anything from them about it. I wasn't really planning to develop it, just wanted to maybe sell it off to someone, or just post my scientific findings on it. I have found an amazing discovery dealing with marijuana no one knows about it seems. So I plan to post that here. I was waiting to here back from people but I guess timing is about right. If I decide to it will be in the next few days to post. But what is your thought on that. I have a design now, and simply will add text later and that would be the whole page, just posting my newly discovered scientific and mathematical discoveries dealing with marijuana?

 

[bmugford]

I had google contact me before about a domain, google******.com. They of course asked if I would give to them, actually suggested. But I denied and have not heard anything from them about it. I wasn't really planning to develop it, just wanted to maybe sell it off to someone, or just post my scientific findings on it. I have found an amazing discovery dealing with marijuana no one knows about it seems. So I plan to post that here. I was waiting to here back from people but I guess timing is about right. If I decide to it will be in the next few days to post. But what is your thought on that. I have a design now, and simply will add text later and that would be the whole page, just posting my newly discovered scientific and mathematical discoveries dealing with marijuana?

You seem to be ignoring all the good advice you are getting here.

The fact that Google contacted you in the past means you really should have known better.

What does your amazing discovery have to do with a domain that contains the TM term "Google" anyway?

Brad

 

[theartist.slk]

Google will not be happy that you are using their brand / trademark to promote drugs its a bad idea to use this name I owned a Google tm and got my c&d letter and that is what will happen to you if you try to use this name. And if they decide by using their tm you hurt their brand it can get very expencive very fast

DONT DO IT MAN

420haze.com is available for reg fee and you would not gave to worry about legal issues.

 

[shiftaction]

420google

Google will not be happy that you are using their brand / trademark to promote drugs its a bad idea to use this name I owned a Google tm and got my c&d letter and that is what will happen to you if you try to use this name. And if they decide by using their tm you hurt their brand it can get very expencive very fast

DONT DO IT MAN

420haze.com is available for reg fee and you would not gave to worry about legal issues.

Thanks guys I'm trying not to ignore any advice just thought there were more details. What is a C&d letter? I got a letter from them telling me I basically should give up the other name, but like I said that was over a year ago, and I of course wrote them to tell them I had no intentions using that name or trying to hurt their business. Maybe that is the key thing like you said, hurting the business I am sure is an issue, but I planned on using the page just to gain recognition to the discovery. I have found a way to locate marijuana and cocaine and other things. The relevant thing to marijuana is that it is an explosive discovery! So I thought the google being on the end was just like a wiki thing. Because this should be in the dictionary under marijuana, but, I am having trouble getting the recognition it needs

 

[McDuke]

What is a C&d letter?

Cease and desist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cease_and_desist

You asking that question shows you have a crap load of reading to do.

If it is such a huge thing then go get the proper name. if your idea is to make super cdb to attack cells that happen to be in the shape of the google sign then you maybe onto something.

Good luck what ever you do!

 

[Chris Wright]

You have a lot of naivete when it comes to business.
You don't need to have any ill intentions to be on the receiving end of a lot of pain.
Please research UDRP, WIPO, and ACPA.
That's the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
It allows a trademark owner to get a fine taken from you up to $100k.
You don't even have to have a website for this to happen.
You came here for advice.
Now become wise and listen to it.

 

[Paul]

You could take your chances. I got lucky once and a company paid me a good amount for a domain that could have been seen as infringing on their trademark. There were special circumstances that were in my favor, but still, I was quite lucky.

However, the domain is worth nothing unless Google buys it, which isn't likely. Nobody else is going to buy the domain because it has a well-known trademark in it. Since you're asking for an appraisal, the answer is $0--you won't be able to sell it to anyone besides Google, and the chances that they'll buy it are slim.

 

[shiftaction]

Thanks you guys!