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PornMD · 01-10-2010, 06:17 PM

People names are kind of a mixed bag in domains. Some celebs for instance recently have won their domain names in cases that were expected to go the other way. I think in general a celeb would have a better shot than a company because a company is likely going to be tied to a specific use (i.e. Mary Kay with cosmetics, Sara Lee with foods, etc.) and a lot of times you can use the same name, just in a different industry so that you're not conflicting with their use. Celebrities are a different matter and TBH I don't know where the line is these days between a UDRP case that would go their way and one that wouldn't.

One thing to note - you'd be safer the more general you go, and for instance if you had a solo-girl going mainly by their first name, if you can score their first name domain, you'd probably be safe with it pretty much regardless because it's highly unlikely anyone could prove having absolute rights to a first-name domain. Besides a Madonna and a Cher it's probably not going to happen. I happen to have some of these kinds of domains for sale *cough*.

01-10-2010, 06:17 PM
PornMD Mainstream Businessman Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 9,291	People names are kind of a mixed bag in domains. Some celebs for instance recently have won their domain names in cases that were expected to go the other way. I think in general a celeb would have a better shot than a company because a company is likely going to be tied to a specific use (i.e. Mary Kay with cosmetics, Sara Lee with foods, etc.) and a lot of times you can use the same name, just in a different industry so that you're not conflicting with their use. Celebrities are a different matter and TBH I don't know where the line is these days between a UDRP case that would go their way and one that wouldn't. One thing to note - you'd be safer the more general you go, and for instance if you had a solo-girl going mainly by their first name, if you can score their first name domain, you'd probably be safe with it pretty much regardless because it's highly unlikely anyone could prove having absolute rights to a first-name domain. Besides a Madonna and a Cher it's probably not going to happen. I happen to have some of these kinds of domains for sale cough. __________________ Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up. Last edited by PornMD; 01-10-2010 at 06:19 PM..