Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[rookiemember]

Hello and let me just say I appreciate all the help on this forum.
I am planning to sell fda approved drugs from a web site and already have purchased couple of domain names. For privacy reasons, lets say name of the website is placebostore.com where placebo is an fda approved drug made by pfizer. My question, is if I am buying 1000 bottles of this drug and selling it thru my website and this drugs name is part of my domain name, am I breaking any copyright or trademark laws? Do I need permission from Pfizer or can i publish some kind of disclaimer or message on website which makes this kind of setup legal. Please advise. I just want to gather as much info as possible before I talk to a TM lawyer. Thanks.

[JSonnabend]

I can tell you from personal experience that you are likely to receive a cease and desist letter from Pfizer.  That doesn't necessarily mean you are legally entitled to use the domain name in question, but it would mean that you'd face a legal battle with a big (read: deep pocket) company.

I just want to gather as much info as possible before I talk to a TM lawyer.

You're talking to a TM lawyer right now.

- Jeff