Trade-mark law limits clear legal also when registering a domain name. Domain names become a worldwide popularity. This alone shows the growing market volume in the professional domain business. Hear from experts in the field like European Region Operational Center for a more varied view. But beyond the commercial domain trade registrations increase permanent. However sogut like any generic domain names are forgiven now, which above all private users on alternative variants of your desired term or their first own domain must dodge.
But this is a risk which is not even aware of most Internet users: trademark law. This applies to home users who want to set up a fan page or a fan blog and use your own domain accordingly registered trademarks regularly. In these cases the longed-for domain name can quickly lead to financial ruin, this also may seem so drastic. You should therefore plan a forum to create a fan page or similar, get before the written permission of the mark owner. This applies to game name, brands, stars or in short: all A string on which a mark is logged on. Therefore, you should perform a trademark search at the competent trademark and Patent Office (in Germany the DPMA) prior to registration for each domain.
But also superior reputation of manufacturer allows a claim against you, provided that you use the name of the manufacturer for your own domain, because here, then attacks the naming rights. This circumstance applies not only at companies or legal persons, but also natural. The name of a person is protected in accordance with 12 German civil code and may be not registered also by anyone (exceptions are here generic name). Overall you should sure so hurting not the rights of others during the registration of a domain name. This note the trademark law, as well as the right to a name. As a rule of thumb to remember: as soon as you benefit from the notoriety of a non-generic type term, violate applicable law. It is unfortunately irrelevant it, with whatever interest you have registered your domain name or to What purpose you want to use them.