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So if I own ggoogle.com you think I should be able to keep that domain and serve ads on it and profit from all of that traffic that is trying to find Google? Go

by wilfra 14y ago

So if I own ggoogle.com you think I should be able to keep that domain and serve ads on it and profit from all of that traffic that is trying to find Google? Google should not be able to take that domain away from me? That's an interesting viewpoint, but not one supported by the law.

pbhjpbhj 14y ago
Ha-ha-ha. Ggoogle is typo squatting. There's nothing inherently wrong with you using that domain but serving ads or having a search engine there would be most likely trademark infringements. If you had similar livery to Google then you'd probably be 'passing off' (in the legal sense). Personally I find nothing morally or legally wrong as long as you make it clear that the origin of the domain content is not Google Inc. and that you don't use the domain commercially (in the copyright law sense of commercial). Perhaps you can explain how a non-commercial use of that domain harms Google and indicate which laws prevent such a use. Google wisely own ggoogle. There are live examples of similar named sites: moogle, agoogle are domain-squatted, foogle hosts a business, etc..