Wanted: Domain Appraisal brazilworldcupodds co.uk and .com

[SMCOPY]

Hey,

Does anyone have any thoughts on this domain name.

I thought it was a good punt seeing as brazil are always favourites and also the 2014 world cup is being held in brazil.

I'd really appreciate any thoughts as I'm a newby at this game.

Cheers

 

[davedevelopment]

Trademark issues for me, I stay away from anything suspicious.

 

[SMCOPY]

Thanks for the reply.

So I don't make the same mistake again, could you let me know what you think would be the trademark issue?

 

[davedevelopment]

I'm pretty sure FIFA have trademarked 'World Cup' and will probably go on to trademark 'Brazil World Cup', 'World Cup 2014' etc.

Intellectual Property Office - Results

I don't know the ins and outs, so I stay away. You might be fine.

 

[Dunk111]

i cant see FIFA registering World Cup there are many other events called the world cup Hockey, Rugby, Cricket etc

 

[stevef1fan]

They've trademarked the lot. Run a search in the text field -

Intellectual Property Office - Trade marks - find by mark text or image

It's understandable, I suppose. corporate image is everything these days.

Also, if I was looking for odds on football matches I'd simply go to betfair or various bookies.

For both these reasons I think this is not worth anything.

To me, the name sounds like it could be construed as passing off, as it contains the trademarked text.

Cheers,

Steve.

Sorry Dave, I just read you included a link to the IPO too..

 

[SMCOPY]

Oh well!

Thanks for the feedback guys

 

[accelerator]

My understanding is also that world cup domains are a no-no as far as football is concerned, but then only the other day I was Googling "when does world cup 2010 start" and saw a site using a world cup domain. I still wouldn't do it though.

Rgds