It’s tough to run a marketplace or auction platform and be 100% clean on trademarks. But you cannot send an email blast and make a blatant trademark an editor’s choice.
Sir Drago on Namepros posted the following:
So I received an interesting email today from Flippa, Its weekly website auction advertising.
Something immediately caught my attention.
The registrant looks to be based out of Holland.
The high bid is $7,555 with the reserve not met.
The editor’s choice designation means that Flippa reviewed it, so are they cool with trademark infringing websites?
Pretty black and white Trademark usage terms as well: https://partner.netflix.com/en_us/terms/
Should never have been allowed on Flippa at all, let alone editors choice.
a lot of Netflix domains sold on Sedo
so WHY NOT ?
I have never trusted Flippa …… should you?
I agree that there should be 100% clean on trademarks for domains and that’s why I have started my own unique “Trademark Optimism” feature when tweeting my domains on Twitter platform – ElegantPlastics.com as my first example.
Fair Use?
Have we ever fully explored using commonly know trademarks to sell the exact goods and servcies described?
another unlawful and unethical action made in plain sight.
this industry is really rotten.