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Title: Site Owner Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 390 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | i think you are safe too ![]()
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| You are absolutely not safe. The only sites that are allowed to use vBulletin in their name are the ones that registered their domain before the trademark took place. I had a long talk with Jelsoft about this, as I had great, new domain name with "vBulletin" in it. I was recommended to speak to Jelsoft because someone I know got a Cease and Desist because he also had a newer domain name with "vBulletin" in it. If vBulletin sees your site, they WILL take action against it. Feel free to talk to them for confirmation on this. | |
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Title: Site Owner Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 390 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | i don't think this is the case, in fact i am near positive it is not. I can send you a cease and desist order for whatever. The situation is whether it is enforceable or not. It is really determinate on what you have on the site etc. As long as it is not confusingly similar and doesn't try to mislead people to think that you are actually vbulletin or associated with them, i cannot see you being in any trouble. Also, i think that if you ask vbulletin they would probably tell you otherwise because they don't want you to do it. Similarly if you get hit by a guy in a car accident, you may not want to ask the guy who hit you how strong your case is. I did a law school paper on domain name infringement and what can and can't be done. let me know what develops
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| Title: Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 174 Location: Cornwall, UK ![]() | This is going to get interesting. It's down to the semantics of trademark law in the UK where I'm based, I guess. lol Domains containing the word, 'vBulletin'? - vBulletin Community Forum | ||||
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| Title: Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 174 Location: Cornwall, UK ![]() | Quote:
So if I were to put a disclaimer on my website saying that it's not in any way associated with Jelsoft then it might be okay? I need to look into trademark/copyright law before I go ahead with this project. In the meantime, I'll be developing Talk Digital Design which will be affiliated/networked with Talk vBulletin if I find that I will not get into legal strife over the domain. This is what Steve Machol had to say on the subject. Quote:
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