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<div align=justify>Copyright infringement has become a common practice that occurs daily all around the world. Finding a proper domain name and then building their business around that name requires a lot of work. In most cases, a business name and short phrases cannot be copyrighted. So, is it possible to protect your business name from copyright infringement? | <div align=justify>Copyright infringement has become a common practice that occurs daily all around the world. Finding a proper domain name and then building their business around that name requires a lot of work. In most cases, a business name and short phrases cannot be copyrighted. So, is it possible to protect your business name from copyright infringement? | ||
| − | There is no single answer to this question as everything depends on each particular name. For example, if your business name is “Bright Star Planet” then the terms “Bright Star” or “Star Planet” cannot be copyright because they are both general terms. A proper way to copyright your online business name is simply register a domain called “Bright-star-planet.com” or something of the kind. Though this will not keep people from using the terms Bright Star, or Star | + | There is no single answer to this question as everything depends on each particular name. For example, if your business name is “Bright Star Planet” then the terms ''“Bright Star”'' or ''“Star Planet”'' cannot be copyright because they are both general terms. A proper way to copyright your online business name is simply register a domain called ''“Bright-star-planet.com”'' or something of the kind. Though this will not keep people from using the terms ''Bright Star'', or ''Star Planet'' legally, it will keep them from starting an online business using that name. You are the only person that have legal rights to that domain name. |
The advantage of this method of copyrighting is that your domain name doesn't need to be copyright. Registering the domain name and placing content on it will do the trick. When you publish some content onto a domain owned by you, it automatically becomes your property (unless there is already a copyright for that content). | The advantage of this method of copyrighting is that your domain name doesn't need to be copyright. Registering the domain name and placing content on it will do the trick. When you publish some content onto a domain owned by you, it automatically becomes your property (unless there is already a copyright for that content). | ||
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