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| Legal implications of domain registration |
It is important to be aware that when you register a domain
name you do not own it. The domain name is registered
to you for a specified period after which you (the Registrant)
are given first choice to renew it.
When registering a domain name, care must be taken to
avoid infringing the rights that a third party might have
in the name, intentionally or otherwise. This applies
to businesses and individuals alike. Although a company
may have traded with a similar name for many years - and,
in the case of sole traders and partnerships, with exactly
the same name - only one can use it as a domain name.
If a company believes that the registration of their company
name, brand names or registered trademarks as a domain
name by a third party constitutes an infringement of trademark
or an act of passing off click here |
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