is it legal if we register and own domain names like this:
ex.:
redcoke. com
*****cell.com

You may want to speak with a lawyer, but I think that main issues comes when you own a website like coke.com and just use it to sell to the coca cola company. If you have a legitimate use for a website of a similar name then I don't think there is anything they can sue you for over it (unless its an exact name of a trademark).

But again I'm far from a lawyer, and I'm just making a common sense assumption.....

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Hi Blue,

It is legal if you add another word to the registered trademark i.e.

Elvis Aaron Presley Wong,
Mitsubishi Golden Rice
Toyota Blue Icream

But Coca Cola is a concorted word and trade mark which may get you into problems.

Abu.

Using any kind of trademarked name in a domain can land you in quite a bit of trouble. In your example: ToyotaBlueIcecream, no this would not be allowed, or rather, you could do it, but you would possibly face the wrath of Toyota lawyers for using their company name, plus the name would never have any inherent value anyway.

There are tools you can use to see if any name or word you are using in a domain name is trademarked. Please see my other thread, I think there may be one there.

When choosing domains you want to try to keep them short and snappy, two words is better than three, use generic terms, i.e. think like a user of the internet and what s/he might type into a search engine such as google.

On another thread of mine, you can see my list of domains offered for sale.

Lets take GaddingAround for example, a bit of a quirky British word, expression. This was one of my first ones when I was completely new to domaining. Not a very good keyword choice. No one else is very familiar with the word 'Gadding' - it is generally a slang expression referred to someone who travels around a lot on vacations. The trouble is, no-one is going to type into google - Gadding Around, are they? When I started off domaining you see, I was not thinking like an end user. Ok, the name might be good for an Australian travel company looking for something a bit different, but the chances of me finding that end user are extraordinarily slim.

Then lets take a while down the road, when I registered EnglishSchool.in

EnglishSchool is two prime search key words, especially in the country of India. With the explosive growth in the economy in that country and the internet too, hundreds of thousands of people potentially are looking to brush up on their spoken and written english skills. This name could be used very well in the country of India and therefore, whilst it may not have absolutely enormous value now, in a year or two's time, the name could be very valuable indeed, as many people could be looking to type into Google those two words, English School.

If I develop this name into a website designed to help these people with their english, on that site I might put some Adsense or Amazon advertising links, or perhaps links to one or two affiliate programs which might earn me some commission. This can only add value to the domain name which incidentally, is a global business at present (domaining real estate) with annual growth at around 22%. 2008 in fact is set to become an explosive year with some very exciting new developments on the horizon speeding up the transfer rate of domain names, from one owner to another owner considerably.

Now, don't be caught away on this, and register just about every cute sounding name that you can think of. Like any other business, it takes lots of research and reading and testing the market to really know what you are doing. Having said that, just about anyone can join this exciting industry, just read up first before you get too carried away, purchasing loads of domain names which are worth little more than the registration fee.

On which extensions do you buy a domain name?

The .com is the ***** of them all and the most valuable. Ideally you want to get good names under this extension before diving into other extensions. Other good ones are .co.uk (United Kingdom) - .net - .de (Germany) - .info - etc

Many domainers agree to disagree on the merits of a few other extensions - .mobi (mobiles and ***'s) and the .in or .co.in (India) for example.

I hope these few tips help out a few of you who might be looking into this business.

There is like this place, a particularly large friendly forum called NamePros.com that you can go to, to learn more about all of this, it is divided into enormous sections, each specialising on various areas of knowledge - have fun learning! There is much more to this business than meets the eye. Enjoy it, and read everything you can to learn the most.

Kindest regards.

Mark

PS Apologies if portions of this didn't read too well, I literally woke up from a good nights sleep, rolled out of bed and started typing.

All musings and postulations aside, you might find some value in this thread: http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/ebu...ifference.html

That's a tough one, you're taking a chance of getting noticed. Take a look at this guy - he owns www.nissan.com and he's getting sued by the car company millions of dollars for him to hand it in.

When the internet started though, it was first come first serve, now companies with big money will just try to get their way...

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