07-04-2011, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by InfoGuy
"Try some obvious adult themed terms - fuck, shit, cunt, asshole, douchebag" these are obscenities and insults and not adult terms ...
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In fact, registrars can refuse to accept names that contain obscenities, cusswords or what is considered racial or religious slurs.
I meant more in line with a business trade name.
Maybe "gofuckyourself" might have difficulty obtaining a trademark because the expression is also an insult with an obscenity in it.
99%+ of registrants would have no problem.
I would imagine many states might refuse to incorporate "gofuckyourself.com" for the same reasons.
But even if you choose to do business with a name that is less than "politically correct" ? if that name is of so much value to you pay ICM off and defensively register the name. So what if it may cost you $100 a year or so. A waste of good money, I agree, but a necessity that ICANN has imposed upon you.
If you tried to start a WIPO action on the abusive registration of "fuckyouintheasshole.xxx" they would laugh you out of court.
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