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What trademark exactly? just curious... what prevents me (legally) to purchase a domain, make it orange, and manually aggregate news in it? Assuming the conte

by dimaor 3y ago

What trademark exactly? just curious... what prevents me (legally) to purchase a domain, make it orange, and manually aggregate news in it? Assuming the content is not scraped, and no icons / logos are copied, can there be legal actions followed and if so on what basis?

the-dude 3y ago
I recall the color green being trademarked by the Dutch Telecom ( KPN ), only in combination with telecom though. Domain typosquat + brand color/style imitation : IANAL, but it sounds clear cut to me.
forty 3y ago
ycombinator. You cannot have a mark named Teslo which sells electric cars, as customers could mistake one for the other.
- bob88jg 3y ago
  But ycombinator don't "sell" HN do they? So no infringement...no customers...
  - djbusby 3y ago
    Selling isn't required to make infringement.
    - forty 3y ago
      Yeah, imagine for example if your website displays offensive or illegal content, and people think it's published by ycombinator, it could damage their brand