Can I Be Sued For Registering a Domain Name That Is a Copyrighted Name?
Thursday, October 1st, 2009mcdonalds.com for example. I know that one is already registered. But what if it was available? What about intellectual property without a copyright? Could George Bush sue me if I registered imthedecider.com, for example?
That would be a trademark and not a copyright issue. And what you’re talking about is cybersquatting:
"According to the U.S. federal law known as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, cybersquatting is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting
More about the subject:
http://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/objectID/60EC3491-B4B5-4A98-BB6E6632A2FA0CB2/111/228/195/ART/
www.mgrossmanlaw.com/articles/2000/cybersquating.htm
searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci213900,00.html
Hope that helps!
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