Is it legal to use bitcoin in a domain name? Not a sub domain, but in the main domain name.
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What do you mean 'in' a domain name? A domain name which contains the substring 'bitcoin'? Buying a domain name with bitcoin? Putting a bitcoin address on a website?– Pieter WuilleCommented Jan 27, 2013 at 21:08
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@PieterWuille like bitcoinShop.com so the main domain name has the word bitcoin in it not a subdomain like bitcoin.example.com– incoeCommented Jan 27, 2013 at 21:21
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Why would that be illegal? Is is not allowed to have a website with the name dollar in it?– Pieter WuilleCommented Jan 27, 2013 at 21:22
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1@PieterWuille just wanted to make sure cause its based on MIT license and opensource but the name it self might be registered for some reason. Thanks for your help Pieter :))– incoeCommented Jan 27, 2013 at 21:27
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To date, no entity has trademarked word "Bitcoin" in the US. This means that it's highly unlikely that any US entity would file against your domains under the ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy.
There was a servicemark application for Bitcoin, but it was abandoned in July 2011.
Related trademark applications
- Bitpay applied for Merchant Solutions for the bitcoin currency and Bitcoin Merchant Solutions, both also abandoned.
There is one for Bitcoin appliance, also abandoned.
Bitcoin Magazine applied for a trademark, and it's still in processing.
answered Jan 27, 2013 at 22:01
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Mt. Gox registered it. mtgox.com/press_release_20111014.html bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128254.msg1365911#msg1365911 Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 2:57