findtim
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i have a nice little descriptive 2 generic word domain name ( town-service ) that gets good type in traffic as it doesn't rank as its a blank page right now because i don't want to be noticed because of ( could be confused with....) trademarks.
i struggle to find a similar example., so lets say i own " sydney opera house " but the sydney opera house has ALWAYS been called " Bennelong Point " and has been heavily branded for 40 years to be a strong brand like " duracell is a battery, hoover the carpet, CHUX is a cleaning cloth etc "
beenalong point is trademarked heavily in many different including "bennelong point OPERA SYDNEY".
i do believe if i build a site people could consider mine to be the OFFICIAL site.
so my question, dump it ?
put a good disclaimer on it which might admit "passing off" ?
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my plan is not to promote opera but accommodation locations for people attending the opera, i'd also do a banner link to the official site at no cost.
they own their own accommodation but only 20 rooms and would have @ 1000 visitors per day so there is a need for more alternatives.
my thinking also is if i have a navigation link "opera info" which redicts to their homepage that would help also.
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my thinking is @ $1000 to dev the site to start, annual return @ $3000 + with @ $ $400 costs, so i nice small lazy money earner.
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any risk? worth the risk?
tim
i struggle to find a similar example., so lets say i own " sydney opera house " but the sydney opera house has ALWAYS been called " Bennelong Point " and has been heavily branded for 40 years to be a strong brand like " duracell is a battery, hoover the carpet, CHUX is a cleaning cloth etc "
beenalong point is trademarked heavily in many different including "bennelong point OPERA SYDNEY".
i do believe if i build a site people could consider mine to be the OFFICIAL site.
so my question, dump it ?
put a good disclaimer on it which might admit "passing off" ?
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my plan is not to promote opera but accommodation locations for people attending the opera, i'd also do a banner link to the official site at no cost.
they own their own accommodation but only 20 rooms and would have @ 1000 visitors per day so there is a need for more alternatives.
my thinking also is if i have a navigation link "opera info" which redicts to their homepage that would help also.
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my thinking is @ $1000 to dev the site to start, annual return @ $3000 + with @ $ $400 costs, so i nice small lazy money earner.
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any risk? worth the risk?
tim
