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> Otherwise anyone with money could just trademark billions of auto-generated names and wait for someone to start a business, then selling them a name. Welcome
by cookiengineer 3y ago
> Otherwise anyone with money could just trademark billions of auto-generated names and wait for someone to start a business, then selling them a name.
Welcome to the dotcom bubble. You're describing literally what's going on with the domain parking industry.
- Slartie 3y agoA domain is not a trademark. If you own a trademark, you can sue the holder of the corresponding domain to get it. The domain grabbing business works not by trademark grabbing, but by offering the domain a little cheaper (and quicker) than the price of the lawsuit necessary to get it after trademark registration. And of course by grabbing non-trademarkable generic domains, especially in the dot com era.