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Domain Names and Trademarks: A Guide for Your Online Brand  

 

 

What’s the difference between a Domain Name and Trademark?

 

Getting to grips with brand protection online 

 

Reverse branding

 

 

Who regulates Domain Names?  

See also: DNS and Nameservers – How Websites Get Found Online 

 

Who regulates Trademarks?

 

Can I trademark a domain name?

 

I own the trademark. Don’t I have rights to the domain name? 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/unacceptable-trade-marks/

 

Can my domain name infringe on someone else’s trademark? 

 

What’s Domain Parking?

See also: What is Domain Parking?  

 

What’s Cybersquatting?  

 

What happens if I try to order a domain with a Trademark Claim?  

 

Can I register a TLD (domain ending) associated with my trademark?  

What’s a Premium Domain?

 

What’s a Registry Premium Domain?

 

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