domain blackopscallofduty.com

[jkstam3]

Domain name for the new Call of Duty game:

Call of Duty: Black Ops

don't really have time to develop it into anything, looking for my options as far as getting some cash from this domain.

Thanks

 

[bmugford]

Major trademark issue.

Brad

 

[jkstam3]

yea I'm aware of trademark issues...but 1000's of these sites exist as forums/blogs/ect with similar names and the companies don't do squat about it. So whatever I decide I'll take my chances, and I'm sure the new owner will as well...but I appreciate the input!

 

[Sparhawke]

It is true that many fansites are allowed to exist they never generally have the exact same domain name with the trademark name so that people may be confused.

Look at the top fansites for any game:

GuildWarsGuru

Runescape.Salmoneus.net

WoWwiki

Tip.it

RuneHQ

RunescapeWiki

EntropiaForum

If you notice maybe they will have the name in there to help people find it and tell them what it is about, but they would never go so far as to take the exact name with which people might use to find the original product, doing that is only courting trouble as it could be that after 2-3 years of building it up and getting it noticed you may end up with a lawyers letter.

A suitable name for you may simply be cod-forum, people then know what they are getting and that you are a fansite...and with a name such as that you will likely get onto the approved list of fansites eventually.

You have taken the exact name people may use to find the original source, hence will find yourself with issues later down the line more than likely as such I cannot say it is worth anything, get a grace delete if you can.

(By the way, even if you sell it, the developers could come after you since you are profiting from the name)

 

[jkstam3]

thanks for the input...it's helpful...but if you search harder you will see exact name domains for fan sites. I'm not worried, but at least you gave me my answer (not worth much of anything because of possibly copyright issues to new buyer).

Thanks guys!