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		<title>Is My Domain Name Safe?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Or simply register the trademark]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Or simply register the trademark yourself.&#160; You don`t need a lawyer to register the trademark - you can do it yourself at: http://www.uspto.gov/go/tac/doc/basic/
If you want to make sure that all the legal speedbumps are covered, then Leg]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  So many conflicting answers ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[
  So many conflicting answers guys. 
  &#160;
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  That`s because the people&#160;dispensing the advice aren`t experts in trademark law. Talk to a trademark]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[This is indeed a problem.&#160; ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is indeed a problem.&#160; If a company has a name like newsfeed that is trademarked and then you start a business called Food Newsfeed and buy that domain name, can Newsfeed come after you when your business is not similar to them or is so generic th[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
So many conflicting answers gu]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[
So many conflicting answers guys...Is there a consensus on this? Well, yes. I didn`t see any conflicts]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Don`t rush into trademarking any]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Don`t rush into trademarking anything, you might just spend a lot of money and do not have a return. People are right when they say that if a name was not trademarked with USPTS before you register the domain then you`re good. Otherwise you might end up in[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[So many conflicting answers guys]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[So many conflicting answers guys...Is there a consensus on this? 

Sometimes? ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[So many conflicting answers guys]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[So many conflicting answers guys...Is there a consensus on this? ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Words of personal experience tal]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Words of personal experience talking here...if you have a domain name, get a trademark on the company idea, name, logo, tagline, etc. because you&nbsp;CAN be forced to hand over a domain name if it infringes on someone else`s&nbsp;company. It will cost you[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Let`s say I pitch my idea [for a]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Let`s say I pitch my idea [for a website]&nbsp;to VC firm and they discover that I don`t have a trademark on the domain name I own. Could they, or anyone really, obtain a trademark for my domain name, and then force me to give it]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[The way this normally comes up i]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Is-My-Domain-Name-Safe.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The way this normally comes up is the trademark exists first, and then someone registers a domain name that violates the trademark. In that case, the trademark holder can go to ICANN, the international registrar body, and force the transfer of the domain.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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