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refurbishedapplemac.co.uk Looking for good offers. Good search term refurbished apple mac
 
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yeah this isn't worth anything, "Apple" and "Mac" are both trademarks of Apple, and they'll make sure you can never host a site selling their products on it, even if they are from the secondary market.
 
Ive been trading as Affordable Mac for 15 years and there is no problem there asre 1000s of refurbished mac sellers and it is not a problem
 
Ive been trading as Affordable Mac for 15 years and there is no problem there asre 1000s of refurbished mac sellers and it is not a problem
Not the issue with being a refurb seller, issue is using their trademark in your domain.

If apple wanted your domain, they could take it.
 
Not the issue with being a refurb seller, issue is using their trademark in your domain.

If apple wanted your domain, they could take it.
Please explain macofalltrades.com, refurbmac.co.uk, affordablemac.co.uk, macfinder.co.uk, macsales.com, mac4sale.co.uk, macstoreuk.com then?
 
Please explain macofalltrades.com, refurbmac.co.uk, affordablemac.co.uk, macfinder.co.uk, macsales.com, mac4sale.co.uk, macstoreuk.com then?
Well the issue is still the same, using a trademark, and selling their products (or services related to their products).

An example would be, if Mac4sale.co.uk was selling defective Macs, and consumers complain - then they could believe that mac4sale.co.uk is associated with Apple Inc. due to them using their registered trademark, causing damage to Apple's brand.

You don't have a commercial defence for using their trademark, so fair use wouldn't apply.

Apple is letting them exist.
 
Interestingly both mac4sale and macfinder have attempted UK trademark registrations and had them opposed.
 
Interestingly both mac4sale and macfinder have attempted UK trademark registrations and had them opposed.
Yeah not surprising - here is Apple's terms on how you can use their trademarks:

Unauthorized Use of Apple Trademarks

1. Company, Product, or Service Name:
You may not use or register, in whole or in part, Apple, iPod, iTunes, Macintosh, iMac, or any other Apple trademark, including Apple-owned graphic symbols, logos, icons, or an alteration thereof, as or as part of a company name, trade name, product name, or service name except as specifically noted in these guidelines.

They explicitly prohibit this.

c. “Mac” is used in combination with another non-generic or non-geographically-descriptive word.

Acceptable: MacVenus MacCharlie

Not acceptable: MacCharleston MacSales

MacSales explicitly prohibit also, so I guess "mac4sale" gets caught up in that.
 
Ive been trading as Affordable Mac for 15 years and there is no problem there asre 1000s of refurbished mac sellers and it is not a problem
It's not if, but rather when.

I have real world experience with this. Back in the early 2000's I made a website for a guy that sold camera's. He had the word "Canon" in his domain name.

After about 3 years trading, Canon (UK) cottoned on, He had no options other than drop his domain and rebrand or to shut down.


The only exception is if you manage to gain exclusive permission from Apple.
If Apple did approve your domain / trading name, you would still be very tightly controlled by their compliance policy.

https://www.apple.com/compliance/third-parties
 
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