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Can someone please clarify the USA legal basis

Can anyone sue you for owning a domain and say that it's their trademark ?? I tought that the .com domains were 100% free of that bullshit..or how else is there so many domain shakals reserving thousands of domains..? related to their appeal: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2006/d200...

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Not only they can sue you, but they can make your life a living hell if you choose to fight them back. See one of the most famous examples: http://nissan.com/

Given that there's an image on that page that simply links to an expired domain, I wonder if this might be a better source: https://jalopnik.com/uzi-nissan-spent-8-years-fighting-the-c...

>Can anyone sue you for owning a domain and say that it's their trademark

Well duh? Anyone can sue you for anything and say anything.

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