Is it legal to use an established brand in your email id as brandname@yourdomain.com or brandname@yahoo.com?
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Will you go to prison? Probably not.\n\nWill you be sued? Probably not without an opportunity to mend your ways.\n\nWill you get a "cease and desist" letter from the brand owner's lawyers? Increasingly likely, as there are more and more crawler systems on the market seeking trade mark abuse.\n\nAre you entitled to use an e-mail address brandname@yahoo.com? No. This is a prima facie case of "passing off". You could ultimately be sued for any income you make from a "passing off" activity. That is income, not profit.\n\nCan you use brand names in your site metatags? No, this is also potentially "passing off".\n\nIt is always best to get approval from the brand owners before generating any income on the back of their names or logos.
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Of course.  You can either buy a domain name and get an email address like, me@mycompany.com, or you can sign up for a free service like yahoo or gmail and get mycompany@gmail.ocm or mycompany@yahoo.com. If you are going to buy a domain, Yahoo Domains is the cheapest I have seen.
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It is fully leagal to register any domain name as long as it is not being used. Or it is a big company and is well known, where you may be devaluing the name. Like don't go using www.cokacola.org, you will be sued over that. But if it is a small local business name then it won't matter, they probly only exist in the area. If you get a domain name that they wanted then they should have gotten it first, you will be the rightful owner of it. Famous people are used all the time in fanpages. The iluvmynewipod.com will be fine there is nothing wrong about making a personal webpage about the ipod as long as you plan on talking about the existing product and not something that you made up.
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He has no leg to stand on.  You are in no way shape or form infringing upon his trademark by using it as an online account name.    It would be a whole different story if you were selling or advertising goods or services with that name, but you have nothing to worry about in this sense.  Tell him to hit the road and read up on trademark laws if he gives you any more trouble.
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"screwed" is right.\n\nI wouldn't do business (especially business where I give out my social security number) with anyone that has a "@yahoo, or @aol, or @hotmail, etc. email.\n\nIf the company is legitimate, you would think they would spring for the  $30 or $40 to get a website address and legitimate email account.\n\nHave you called the Better Business Bureau in your state (or his state) and asked about this company?  Gone to the state's website and verified that he has a license?  Anything?\n\nNo way would I do business with the "yahoo".
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depends where you mean.\n\nlike in here, you can change your nickname, so some people's name isn't their address. But like a messenger ID is their email ID
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Most likely Yahoo! wouldn't be the best choice anyway regardless of their spam policy. Not sure if Yahoo! is your mail/web host provider but you would also want the "From:" address to reflect your own domain.\n\nYou would be better off finding a service that knows how to handle mail distribution lists. These type of services have many of the tools you need to make sure you comply with current email regulations. They can also help you track the effectiveness of the newsletter and give recipients the opportunity to change their subscription options.\n\nThe reputable firms will want to make sure that everyone on your mailing list has agreed to be on the list.
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The ideal creative strategy would be to directly associate the communication (announcing the change of email address) to your business. Use a headline associated with both your form of business as well the fact that you have a new email address. eg. the word "SHIFTED" would work well if you dealt in gears/automobiles. Visually, the "@" sign has huge potential to communicate this - you could place any object (associated with your biz) in place of the a and have the tail go round it. email me if you need further advice/ clarification, I'd be glad to help.
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i dont think you can.\njust signup for a new email and choose US as your preference that way it will just show @yahoo.com
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It sounds like you need to register your own domain name. This is cheap enough, and with most companies you get free email.\n\nIf that is the case, you can register something like my-thru.net, then use email on that domain.
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I think you mean "legitimate" instead of "valid." There is no central web site that tracks the legitimacy of a web site. If it looks even slightly fishy, don't give them your email unless you want a lot of spam. If you still want to try it, quickly create a new Yahoo account (free) and give them that email address - you don't have to bother even using the address again.
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Http://mail.yahoo.com/*your yahoo ID name*
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Pl re-read your question again.\n\nYou mean you need to assist your customer to write YOU a letter of consent for you to use their logos on your web?
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this is very hard since email address need not be related to the real name at all. anyone can create an email address with a different name or location and anything else. The only way would be to see if this is an official email that belongs to a corporation rather than a web based email that allows anyone to sign up
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I use my normal yahoo e-mail but use a nickname my friends call me rather than my yahoo ID. Only I see my e-mails, and I can soon block unwanted ones if people become abusive.
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Doba has a committment to maintaining the privacy of both customers and suppliers, so just like the person who sold you the product doesn't know who you are, you cannot know who they are. The unique identifiers (alias usernames) are selected by the member, whether buyer or seller, so Alpha, Bravo, etc, are just as valid names as 'Joe' or 'Agent_M'. They are not given to them by Doba, but doba provides suppliers with a list of potential names to choose from, or create your own.\n\nThere is 1 way of aquiring the information you seek. Through the legal system. If Doba a given a court order to surrender supplier details to you, then they will comply, no questions asked. Otherwise the law backs them all the way in securing the private details of the company supplier. And I would hope that is the way you want it, despite your inability to access the information you need, because any deals you do through Doba will carry the peace of mind that your details are just as secure.
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Iam not sure weather yahoo support e mail alias. If they supports e mail alias, you can choose that option. So that your existing id will be the primiary id and you can add any number of email id as your alias id. \n\nIf Alias or Forward is not configured, you must inform your friends about your new address.