copyright trademark domain-name
Trademarked name in domain name
<p>Lets says someone purchases a domain name such as www.Google.photography. This is not a generic top-level domain (.photography). If say I intend to use this site non-commercially to allow users to share photography and specify that this site is not affiliated in any way with Google Inc, is this legal practice? Could Google demand I remove this and if so would they win this? What if I am not a US citizen? What if after I bought it I offered to sell the domain to Google in case they wanted it before I started any development? Of course, I do not hold anyone accountable for any answers, this is just a hypothetical question.</p>

<p>I will respond to your general hypothetical.  You ask numerous questions and variations which I will not address.</p>

<p>In practice, Google would send you a demand letter, and then you would look into the cost of defending a lawsuit and would shut down the domain.  Whether their letter explicitly threatens a lawsuit depends on the particular philosophy of their trademark attorney--sometimes Trademark demand letters do not mention litigation because they prefer to be the ones filing the lawsuit, rather than having you file one preemptively.</p>

<p>The vast majority of cases are resolved by the demand letter.  Occasionally someone has to file a lawsuit.</p>

<p>Note that this is under Trademark law.  There is also an anti-cybersquatting law (ACPA) that can form the basis for a lawsuit, or you may find yourself in an ICANN dispute resolution proceeding.  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act</a></p>
