Trademarks

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orbit123

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243 posts

193 months

Saturday 30th August 2014
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Hi,

After some general advice on trademarks. I’ve an interest in using a domain name (let’s say it’s manageproperty.xyz) for a new business. i.e. it’s basically 2 dictionary words that describe perfectly the business we will be in – managing property.

We will only trade in the UK and only in our region of the UK, not a big business.

Should I really worry about trademarks and infringing what someone else has elsewhere in the UK or globally?

I’ve read up a bit and example of Apple selling computers comes up a lot – they are called Apple and don’t sell Apples so their trademark rights are very strong.

orbit123

Original Poster:

243 posts

193 months

Saturday 30th August 2014
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hmm. If I search on the IPO site it shows someone in Spain has it registered but with a picture of their logo which contains the words. Google shows a lot of companies trading with that name around the word - maybe not far off something like "manage my property".