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Ask HN: EU trademark – domain law question

2 pointsby Jamie452over 10 years ago
I have registered a domain, let&#x27;s say it&#x27;s &quot;acme.io&quot;, and am planning on using it for an online booking system.<p>After registering the domain I found out that in the EU a trademark exists for the word &quot;acme&quot; with the following classes;<p>Class 9: Computer software for use in designing, developing, creating, publishing and printing books.<p>Class 38: Communication services; electronic transmission of data, messages, images and documents.<p>Class 40: Printing services and consulting services in the printing industry; custom production, setting, printing, binding and finishing of books.<p>Class 42: Computer software design and consulting services; formatting, graphics and textual design services in the publishing and printing industries; design of books to custom; application service provider services; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software in the field of designing, formatting, printing and creating books; provision of technical assistance and support services (including by telephone) in the fields of designing, formatting, printing and creating books, and the use of software therefor; operation, maintenance and updating of Internet websites and website portals for use by others; licensing of computer software and other intellectual property or proprietary materials.<p>I&#x27;m not too worried about classes 9, 40 &amp; 42 as they all have a focus on the book publishing&#x2F;design industry.<p>It&#x27;s class 38 that is very vague, and a bit of a worry.<p>Can I still get away with branding myself as &quot;acme.io&quot;?<p>Can the domain name be claimed back by the trademark owner?

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