Salvatore Giannone
Established Member
- Impact
- 22
Please appraise. ThNk you
You completely misunderstand what he is saying.So I guess, in your opinion, ex. gooogle.com is fine? (Cybersquatting) They are different.
Or petco.shop or petco.store would still be legal? And no TM Issues?
Extensions are not usually if ever used as part of the TM process the extension is .co the difference between petco and pet.co are astronomicalAfter some quick digging there is an active TM for PetCo. Dunno if someone wants to compete with throwing so much money towards this domain, knowing there is TM issues.
My first few domains I thought were gold were all TM hehe. Was my very first lesson in the domain industry. Lol
No, those would not be ok but .co is the extension not the domain. Pet.extension of anything is not TM or cybersquatting.So I guess, in your opinion, ex. gooogle.com is fine? (Cybersquatting) They are different.
Or petco.shop or petco.store would still be legal? And no TM Issues?
I had GearBest.shop and .store when i first started. Thought they were worth gold as that is a HUGE e-commerce store.
Just saying somebody who wants to get into that industry ....will think twice or more before spending 65k as you say.
Just saying it how it is. My opinions on this topic stops here.
I would not sell this below 5 figures...if i have to hold 5 years even
For your reference, there was a real case simillar to your situation. The domain is tes.co, and the result is that the complainant (i.e. the trademark owner Tesco) won and the domain was ordered to be transferred to the complainant. (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DCO2013-0017)
Extension does matter because the Panel considers name and extension as a whole. So your pet.co is trademarked. If you would like to sell the domain to Petco, you are doing in bad faith and it is cybersquatting and illegal. However, there should be no problem if you use the name in ways other than animal supplies business.
But 'pet' is a dictionary word while tes.co is a clear domain hack so your argument is invalid. The user should not call themselves Petco and they'll be good I assume.
You completely misunderstand what he is saying.
pet.shop is fine. petco.shop isnt. There is a BIG difference. PETCo does not own the TM to "PET". .co is just a TLD. PETCO can't sue the owner of pet.com just as much as he can't sue the owner of pet.co.
I would not sell this below 5 figures...if i have to hold 5 years evenI really like this domain!
I think XXXX to right end-user IMO
Extensions are not usually if ever used as part of the TM process the extension is .co the difference between petco and pet.co are astronomical
Reseller Value: $15,000 End-User: $65,000 Hobbiest: $18,000
NOW if the owner of pet.co tried to pass themselves off as being the PETCO company, then there would be issues.
The word in question is pet not Petco.
A vocabulary word.