A paid service to advise if a domain is safe to register

[Robert27]

Hi , can anyone recommend me someone who doesn’t this service.
Many thanks
Bob

 

[Name Trader]

You can check the US Trademark office, TESS and Trademarkia which covers a large chunk of the worlds trademarks. You are never going to going to get a 100% watertight worldwide security level, because these only cover registered trademarks, and mostly only covers US and Europe. If you want more security you need a Trademark Lawyer. Which is going to costs your thousands of GBP. If a search of TESS, Trademarkia, and UK for your prospective TM searches, and nothing comes up, then I would be confident enough to register the domain in those locations.

Because you are a new user. We have no idea of your domaining level. But registering trademarks as domain names is fraught with difficulty. As you are experiencing. Trying to register unregistered trademarks is a chasm which could be lined with gold or bankruptcy. As a noob. I would not recommend it as a path to riches. I'd say quite the opposite.

 

[bmugford]

"Safe" is subjective if you mean something to do with legality. Just having one person's opinion would be irrelevant unless they offer some actual legal protection, like paying your expenses if sued.

"VR" is basically a generic term with a generic use, unless you manually make it a problem like "VR Disney" or something like that.

Brad

 

[Name Trader]

Go to https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks, click on Search Trademarks, and click on "Search our Trademark Database (TESS)" link, click on the "Basic Word Mark Search (New User), click on Live option and enter your search term and click on Submit Query. That's it.

On your example of Marketing and Marketing VR you don't give us enough information to make a call. You need to explain what Trademark does Marketing have and what trademark you intend to use on Marketing VR. Just on the face of it, I'd say you'd be good to go. But in all fairness, there is way to little to go on.

 

[bmugford]

Can these trademark owners sue Mark Zuckerberg for calling Oculus Quest a "VR headset"..
Can they UDRP a vrmarketing.com if it's regged today?
I think the answer is no.
Can they sue vrporn.com which is a functioning porn website?

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. It is a pretty low bar.

"VR" is a well known acronym for virtual reality. If you are worried about terms so generic it would be tough to be a domain investor.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

Thank-you for the replies, much appreciated. I suppose there is only so much you can do and actually paying for legal help would be over kill.

I dont get it - Didnt someone just pay a fortune for "Marketing". Why would they do that if someone like me can come along and buy Marketing VR . com or any other type of marketing.

"Marketing" is one of the top business related keywords in existence. No one person or entity can own a term like that. If that was the case business would not be possible and nothing would have any competition.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

marketing.com was sold last few weeks for a crazy low 2.5 million. I would have bidded my balls.

Yeah, it was an incredible buy for the buyer IMO, especially if they have plans for it.

Brad

 

[nononsense123]

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. It is a pretty low bar.

"VR" is a well known acronym for virtual reality. If you are worried about terms so generic it would be tough to be a domain investor.

Brad

Please read the messages above. I'm saying the same thing, duh. No one owns "VR".

 

[lock]

"Marketing" is one of the top business related keywords in existence. No one person or entity can own a term like that. If that was the case business would not be possible and nothing would have any competition.

Brad

marketing.com was sold last few weeks for a crazy low 2.5 million. I would have bidded my balls.

 

[tonyk2000]

If you have a good idea (the domain is technically available), then you should not share this domain if it still free. Somebody else may register it instead. Just do the all the homework before (USPTO etc). You may however use a regstrar which provides an opportunity to delete fresh regged domains (< 5 days old) for a small fee (Dynadot.com for example). If and only if the domain is yours - then post it here, and, if the community opinion would be "no" - delete the domain for a refund

 

[bmugford]

Marketing.com because no one would search for marketing.com . Surely niching it down is better or having a brandable word you can build on - Amazon, google, apple.

I am not sure I would just classify terms like Amazon or Apple as some random brandable, like Google is. Even if the companies did not exist, those domains would likely sell for more than Marketing.com did.

Also, any domain can be branded with enough money and effort. The benefit of a domain like Marketing.com is that it is a business in a box. It doesn't need all that much advertising to "brand".

It is like owning Business.com or something. The domain itself has so much value that it establishes instant credibility in the field.

Brad

 

[MadAboutDomains]

You can go forward to register the kinds of names you are giving here as examples..
No one owns "vr".

No one owns VR... apart from the owners of these US trademarks:

74302476
76346693
78465819
73750274
77645415
87753594
77807752

 

[jhm]

I think just looking up the trademark office or similar is the way - Save your money

Also, you're probably only worried about this stuff if you're dealing in larger sums of money. If you did get in trouble with trademarks, its easier letting go of something that is in the 3 figure realm to save hassle, than many thousands. If you are dealing in something that is more pricey, you'd maybe look into hiring a relevant legal professional, for the sake of things, if you have a concern

 

[AEProgram]

register the name and then post here the name

 

[Rhinnnn]

What do you mean by "safe"?

As a safe investment?

Or in the safe-from-copyright-problems way?

 

[noneisnone]

define 'safe' ?

 

[nononsense123]

You can go forward to register the kinds of names you are giving here as examples..
No one owns "vr".

 

[lock]

Seriously are you the end user? Any domain investors want to find good names for me cheap? What skill are you offering? We are offering ability to pick and choose names. Name a subject and i will flat fee you names but at a lot more than reg fee.
I can buy the most relevant name as i did relevantname.com

 

[Robert27]

Apologies if this off the mark .......I thought possible reasons to have a good domain name were along the lines of - its memorable, looks trustworthy, is brandable - and so builds a loyal customer base that keep coming back and - "Its all about the traffic" You cant have a website - Marketing.com because no one would search for marketing.com . Surely niching it down is better or having a brandable word you can build on - Amazon, google, apple.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

So does that mean that if under the goods and services section of any of the above it comes up with marketing then you shouldnt register - vrmarketing.com

This trademark is registered for "advertising and business": 73750274

Therefore on that basis you could have issues with that. But it's unlikely.

 

[nononsense123]

No one owns VR... apart from the owners of these US trademarks:

74302476
76346693
78465819
73750274
77645415
87753594
77807752

Wake me up when vr.com is handed over to them because they have this trademark.

 

[nononsense123]

Well given that vr.com predates any trademarks for vr, that's not going to happen.

Can these trademark owners sue Mark Zuckerberg for calling Oculus Quest a "VR headset"..
Can they UDRP a vrmarketing.com if it's regged today?
I think the answer is no.
Can they sue vrporn.com which is a functioning porn website?

 

[nononsense123]

@jberryhill I believe you're the highest authority here over such matters.. what do you think about this "vr" trademark?

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Well given that vr.com predates any trademarks for vr, that's not going to happen.

Correction, trademark 73750274 was registered in 1988.

 

[Robert27]

cheers jhm

 

[nononsense123]

I'll stop barking on about it now, I'm even boring myself.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for putting forth your thoughts! Not boring at all!
Can others also comment on this specific issue?
I myself have good investments in vr+ keyword hence interested.
Shouldn't VR advertising also be considered generic?