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American website has similar name to mine?

  • 24-06-2011 5:24pm
    #1
    mandy30
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I would like some advice about my website.

    I have seen an american .com website with a name exactly the same as my .ie website, bar one letter. For example; one would say 'talkboards.com' and the other would say 'talkboard.ie'.

    Where do I stand with something like this? We both are doing the same thing online.

    I don't wish to begin legal action or anything like that, but am just afraid in case they want to come after me!

    Is it fine to go along as we are as one of us is a .com and the other is a .ie?


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  • #2
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    mandy30 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I would like some advice about my website.

    I have seen an american .com website with a name exactly the same as my .ie website, bar one letter. For example; one would say 'talkboards.com' and the other would say 'talkboard.ie'.

    Where do I stand with something like this? We both are doing the same thing online.

    I don't wish to begin legal action or anything like that, but am just afraid in case they want to come after me!

    Is it fine to go along as we are as one of us is a .com and the other is a .ie?


    .IE addresses wouldnt really be known outside ireland, so your grand :D


  • #3
    mandy30
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭mandy30


    Agent Smith wrote: »
    .IE addresses wouldnt really be known outside ireland, so your grand :D


    Really? :)

    Even though I can see theirs quite easily when I type it into google?
    Surely they can see mine too?

    I'd be more than delighted if there was no legal recourse! :D:D


  • #4
    not even wrong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭not even wrong


    to do anything about it they would first need to have a trademark on the term.

    check here


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