Using a person's last name as a prefix for a domain name
baracooda
domain name in a clever way. Ultimate, I wish to profit from it. If I
wish to sell/lease the domain name to him, will I be sued?
Dale
In general if you are using the domain in a way that causes confusion
that people would think the domain belongs to or represents that person,
you could get into trouble.
For example if you were trying to do something like: trump-casino.com
then I suspect they would be after you right away.
However, if you did trump-parody.com and had it as a site parodying
Trump you should be fine under freedom of speech laws (of course this
depends on where you are and it would have to be real parody).
If you could give an example without revealing the actual name it might
help others give you their opinions.
This is not legal advice as I am not a lawyer. Your best bet would be to
talk this over with an attorney that is experienced with the Internet
and domain name issues.
baracooda
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The last name belongs to Terry Guo, He is the CEO of Foxconn. Not very
well known outside of Far East Asia. He happens to be the richest man
in Taiwan. The domain name that I have created is "Guollywood.com" The
logic or the inspiration for such contraption is that Mr. Guo had
declared his intention to make 100 movies and had already invested 200
million USD in movie studios in China. Essentially, he is building a
Hollywood in China. Last names are more commonly shared in China,
comparably to the first name in the West. His last name is Guo, but
that doesn't make him the one and only Mr. Guo. unlike Trump's
situation. So, can Mr. Guo rightly claim that the word "Guollywood" is
too closely associated to him and exert his right to own it?
Dale
I doubt it, sounds like you came up with a cool name (but remember, I am
not an attorney). You would just need to be careful to not claim a
business relationship with his organization.
One other question, do you live in Taiwan as well? I know that when I
lived in Germany there were a number of people that were sued over
domain names, even .com/.net for copyright infringement. I think in most
cases they were on solid ground, but the company that sued them was
bigger and seemed to have the government in their pocket.
baracooda
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> >> Anyone can sue for any reason.
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> >> In general if you are using the domain in a way that causes confusion
> >> that people would think the domain belongs to or represents that person,
> >> you could get into trouble.
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> >> For example if you were trying to do something like: trump-casino.com
> >> then I suspect they would be after you right away.
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> >> However, if you did trump-parody.com and had it as a site parodying
> >> Trump you should be fine under freedom of speech laws (of course this
> >> depends on where you are and it would have to be real parody).
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> >> If you could give an example without revealing the actual name it might
> >> help others give you their opinions.
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> >> This is not legal advice as I am not a lawyer. Your best bet would be to
> >> talk this over with an attorney that is experienced with the Internet
> >> and domain name issues.
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> >> baracoodawrote:
> >>> I am using a well-known tycoon's last name as a prefix to create a
> >>> domain name in a clever way. Ultimate, I wish to profit from it. If I
> >> - Åã¥Ü³Q¤Þ¥Î¤å¦r -
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> > The last name belongs to Terry Guo, He is the CEO of Foxconn. Not very
> > well known outside of Far East Asia. He happens to be the richest man
> > in Taiwan. The domain name that I have created is "Guollywood.com" The
> > logic or the inspiration for such contraption is that Mr. Guo had
> > declared his intention to make 100 movies and had already invested 200
> > million USD in movie studios in China. Essentially, he is building a
> > Hollywood in China. Last names are more commonly shared in China,
> > comparably to the first name in the West. His last name is Guo, but
> > that doesn't make him the one and only Mr. Guo. unlike Trump's
> > situation. So, can Mr. Guo rightly claim that the word "Guollywood" is
> > too closely associated to him and exert his right to own it?
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> I doubt it, sounds like you came up with a cool name (but remember, I am
> not an attorney). You would just need to be careful to not claim a
> business relationship with his organization.
>
> One other question, do you live in Taiwan as well? I know that when I
> lived in Germany there were a number of people that were sued over
> domain names, even .com/.net for copyright infringement. I think in most
> cases they were on solid ground, but the company that sued them was
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I do now live in Taiwan, but had been living in the NY/NJ area for
over 20 years. It sure would be too narcissistic for Mr. Guo to claim
the right "Guollywood.com" despite the close connection and intention.
Guollywood does not egual to Guo's Movie Studio in a literal sense,
but does in a murky ideological sense. New English words don't get
coined too often in China by Chinese and become widely accepted by
Chinese. I can't think of any that the non-Chinese people would
readily understand.