opinion .company domain names and legal issues

[omelet]

Hi friends,

last year when dot company domains just launched, I, for fun and testing, registered some names by using the established company names.

For example,

CIBC.Company (a bank based in Canada)
Springer.Company (an academic publisher)


Is there any legal issue to own and trade these names? Like trademark issue?

Can I outreach these companies and try to sell the name to them?


Or, maybe best to withdraw these names.



Any suggestions?

 

[omelet]

anyone can answer?

 

[gilescoley]

No you cant, drop these names. You cannot register a trademark names, it will just land you in trouble

You can check if a word for phrase is TM's here

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4806:zgwwqd.1.1

 

[deez007]

Lol... dude, registering TM names of banks "for fun" is like saying "I go around picking fights with biggest baddest nightclub bouncers, for fun" - hardly the kinda entertainment I would call fun

Like @gilescoley suggested, prob best to drop these names like a hot potatoe

 

[omelet]

Just saw this post:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/ca...e-trademark-isnt-globally-recognized.1051052/

What makes a difference btw their names (trade marks) and my trademark .company names

Thanks @deez007 @gilescoley

 

[deez007]

Just saw this post:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/ca...e-trademark-isnt-globally-recognized.1051052/

What makes a difference btw their names (trade marks) and my trademark .company names

Thanks @deez007 @gilescoley

Read the comments on that thread, particulary from user: jberryhill - he is an attorney,... prob best to read his take on the matter