question-answered Can we sell a domain starting with "Meta"?

[Antivenom]

I read the news that Facebook's parent co. has bought the trademark of "Meta" so can a domain investor who has registered a domain with a word starting "meta" still sell his/her domain? Especially when there are already many active websites, not just domains that start with the word meta?

https://www.reuters.com/business/me...hind-60-mln-deal-meta-name-rights-2021-12-13/

 

[redemo]

Maybe @biggie @mr-x @dncafe or @forge knows the answer.

 

[redemo]

meta.org has nothing to do with Facebook.

 

[redemo]

You'd have to shut down or rebrand thousands of businesses across the world. https://www.google.com/search?q=meta. What has Facebook trademarked meta for? I can't find the U.S.P.T.O. listing. https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/.

 

[FolioTeam]

You'd have to shut down or rebrand thousands of businesses across the world. https://www.google.com/search?q=meta. What has Facebook trademarked meta for? I can't find the U.S.P.T.O. listing. https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/.

They bought some other company's (Meta financial group) trademark

 

[Blueforever]

Looking on trademarkia, there are a ton of new applications for the word ‘Meta’
Are these people trying to make a quick buck off of Facebook?

 

[FolioTeam]

Looking on trademarkia, there are a ton of new applications for the word ‘Meta’
Are these people trying to make a quick buck off of Facebook?

Noticed that as well. Many Meta trademarks were filed this year.

 

[karmaco]

meta.org has nothing to do with Facebook.

It doesn’t matter. They still own it.

 

[redemo]

It doesn’t matter. They still own it.

Interesting. Who is Chan Zuckerberg?

 

[karmaco]

Looking on trademarkia, there are a ton of new applications for the word ‘Meta’
Are these people trying to make a quick buck off of Facebook?

Interesting. Who is Chan Zuckerberg?

Zucks wife and his foundation

 

[redemo]

So I have both metaverse and meta names in dot com (as an investment either to sell later or to develop), Are either set of domains in violation of Mr Zuckerberg's trademark?

 

[twiki]

I sold 2 names starting with Meta this month for $1988 each.

Should I feel guilty?

 

[redemo]

I sold 2 names starting with Meta this month for $1988 each.

Should I feel guilty?

Definitely not.

 

[Haroon Basha]

I have around 200 names with the word Meta and Metaverse, so far I have not receive any legal notice from Facebook or whosoever owns these 2 names.

 

[Adia]

I have around 200 names with the word Meta and Metaverse, so far I have not receive any legal notice from Facebook or whosoever owns these 2 names.

This is huge, nice one