discuss is it a problem to buy 3l or 4l trademark domain?

As a general rule : stay away from TM unless you are a lawyer and know the subject better than the average person.

With that said though ( once again general rule ) if you do not profit with their TM then you are fine.
Example :
You register Ferrari.com because your surname is Ferrari, you are a plumber and you use the site for your business you are fine.
You register Ferrari.,com and you use it for ( pretty much ) anything related to Ferrari cars and you are in serious trouble.

But keep in mind that a company can TM many aspects : name, the use, etc so if you really want to buy a TM go and check all the codes under which the TM is registered.

thanks photonmymind
but i think the subject is different alittle bit when it's releated to 3l or 4l ..i am not talking about trademark names...if you search you will find alot of 3l and 4l are trademark but they selling every day on many extension like co info cc biz net and these buyers seem that they don't care about the TM so there must be a reason

As I mentioned before it all depends what those name are TM for but with acronyms the situation might be a bit "looser".
As for people not caring well..you see people registering and ( trying ) to sell TMs every day here on the forum or other platforms : the reason why they do that I don't know but definitely not a smart move imo.

I phrased that wrong.

Who is stupid enough to use the same acronym within the same exact industry?

Domainzy said:

Can acronyms & abbreviations be trademarked? (think about it)

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How about IBM...

Regarding TMs, follow your common sense. All the dangerous acronyms are pretty well known, so choosing to reg one of them (like the IBM one) is obviously a risk.

As for the rest of acronyms, I think registering them without parking them (ie. no ads shown on the page) should be safe. Just try not to be too greedy with them. (ie. trying to sell a registered TM acronym to the company that owns it is stupid imo).


Regarding what you said @photonmymind about why people don't care on TMs:

There are countries that don't follow the international TM laws (indonesia for example). There you can sell any name you want without fearing for the consequences.

Another reason is the quick flip. One can buy several TM names, sell as many as they can within a short time and then delete the ones that haven't been sold before anyone tries to go after them.
I haven't actually 'seen' such practice but it sounds quite feasible not to be true.

Personally I spend at least an hour on a daily basis to clean possible TM names from the list I'm about to do research on. Even when something slips through and I realise it's a TM, I promptly delete it. I delete it even if that costs me the registration I paid. Reputation is all we have in this business.

thanks every one ...is there any new opinions?