Article : What You Should Know About Web Hosting And Domain Name Registration

By Jed Baguio

You surely heard about the term “domain name” if you are an average internet user. This might not mean too much for you but without web hosting and domain name registration you will surely have a hard time browsing through the internet.

The web hosting and domain name registration can be compared to how the telephone system is used be the people. One main element why we have Internet connection is the telephone. Phone lines is quite based on some electronically procedures.

You are making use of the web hosting and domain name registration when you are fond of surfing the web. The specific carrier that you are using assigns a particular number which is exclusively for you only when you order a telephone line or service.

It’s the same for the computers, which has a sequence of numbers, which is longer than the telephone numbers. The numbers assigned to you when you apply for a web hosting and domain name registration is known as the IP address and these are made unique to your computer.

IP address is known as the Internet Protocol Address. The DNS have allowed it to be replaced with names that are distinctive since memorization of these numbers may be quite a tough job. For a successful web hosting and domain name registration requires no duplicates and should be unique. You should think of it properly and wisely.

Almost all domain names are taken especially the frequently used ones that are why it is hard to come up with a domain name that is unique. A lot of people have already made it registered which made it hard to be available.

You can look up into some of the sites that offer free domain names that are unique and fit for the theme of your site if you want to successfully come up with a web hosting and domain name registration.

Make sure that your domain name is well acquainted so that people will easily remember the name of your site with the help of brand names and company names if you want to be an owner of a site. It will be a good advantage to your site. Some of the companies that accept web hosting and domain name registration will often refer you to registrars who check it into a list of directories that can be found online.

The process will include the technical information and all the other needed information. Make sure that you choose a good web company that can handle all your needs if you want to have a web hosting and domain name registration.

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Article : Warning! Your Domain Name Could Infringe On Trademarks

Posted by Al Martinovic

If you have or are about to purchase a domain name, YOU could be in trouble and you don't even know it yet...

See, what the domain sellers won't tell you is that the domain name you are purchasing or have purchased can possibly infringe on trademark rights and you can lose that domain name or even worse.

Trademark and servicemark laws apply not only off-line but on-line as well and they even apply to domain names.

Now, a trademark generally applies to goods where as a servicemark applies to services. For the purpose of this article I will refer to trademarks as the same rules apply.

A trademark can be a word, name, symbol, or device and it is used to distinguish and indentify the goods and services from one person or company from that of another.

The purpose of a trademark is to prevent confusion in the eyes of the consumer relating to particular goods and services. Basically, they are in place to prevent unfair competition.

So with that said, just because you purchased a particular domain name it does not necessarily mean you have exclusive rights to it.

If there is a trademark in your domain name, the mark owner has a legal right to send you a "cease and desist" letter and possibly take that domain name away from you.

If you don't believe a word I've said so far then I offer myself as proof because it happened to me. I recently lost one of my domain names under this exact same circumstance.

For legal reasons I can't tell you the domain name as I agreed to make no further references to it, but there were two words in my domain name that were associated with a trademark.

Now, I wasn't aware of this when I purchased the domain name. And I definitely wasn't aware of trademark laws.

Don't be ignorant on the subject like I was. You can avoid any potential problems by educating yourself and thereby preventing the samething from happening to you.

Don't make the same mistake that I did!

Do your research before you buy a domain name and make sure there is NO trademark associated with that name.

There are trademark search engines where you can type in a word or a phrase and it will tell you if it is a trademark.

You can visit theUnited States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) website to do a trademark search:

http://www.uspto.gov/

Now, in my case I chose not to fight the trademark dispute and gave up my domain name voluntarily. I felt it just wasn't worth the time, money and headaches to launch a fight over this.

If this should ever happen to you, you do have rights and there are proper channels to go through to settle the dispute. Contact a lawyer who specializes in this field.

And don't even think for one minute that this sort of thing can't happen to you. Trust me. If you have a trademark in your domain name it is only a matter of time before you get that letter in the mail like I did.

There are numerous cases all over the internet concerning disputes over trademark and domain names.

Don't you be one of them...

source : http://www.qwesz.com/domain-name-registration/warning-your-domain-name-could-infringe-on-trademarks.html

Link to a forum : domain registration

The First Comments in this forum :

domain registration

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is there a better company to register a domain with.....or is the cheaper the better motto apply??.........

is there a difference between register.com, godaddy.com, internic.ca??

Derek

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I'm with godaddy, recommended.
Nice DNS selection tools

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Hostway is good, I dont really like Godaddy...

123cheapdomains are also pretty good.
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Here is the link for this forum :

http://www.v7n.com/forums/domain-name-forum/6779-domain-registration.html

Link to a forum : Is it illegal to register a domain that is very similiar to another company's?

The First Comments in this forum :

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:19 am Post subject: domain registration questions
is it illegal to register a domain that is very similiar to another company's? for example, say i see microsoft.us is available, am i allowed to register that domain? any intellectual property violation, or should Microsoft just cover every available domain if they don't want anyone else using it?

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:29 am Post subject:
Since Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, you'd be in violation of the trademark laws. You'd get totally screwed if you tried that. On the other hand, if you notice a company's domain where the name isn't trademarked, go for it

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Here is the link for this forum :


http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=710101&sid=a9cb3669c36870faad0b0aa4064e6548

Link to a forum : Registering a .it domain...

First comment from this forum :

"I'm really wanting to register a domain I've got my eye on, with a .it extension.

Are there any reasonably priced registrars that'll do this, and accept paypal (don't ask) as a payment method?

Currently all I've found is nameroute.co.uk, who are charging £30 (US$60) for one year. I can get almost eight .com domains for that......

Thanks for any replies"

see this forum at : http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=655846