Is it worth registering a domain whose name is the same as the name of the movie?

Question

Domain name market

The site itself has nothing to do with the film, only the theme is similar. As an example: "Beauty and the Beast", "Transformers", "The Little Mermaid", "Terminator", etc. The question concerns the rights to TM and how the search engine will react to this.

Answer 1

The title of any work of art (film, song, painting, book, etc.) can be author's or borrowed. If the name consists of one word and this word is a common noun, then the name is borrowed. If the name is a stable phrase, a common turn of phrase, or has already been used as the name of another work, then this is also a borrowing. In all other cases, the title is considered copyrighted.
For example:
Beauty and the Beast - borrowed (name of an old fairy tale).
The Little Mermaid - borrowed (name of an old fairy tale).
Terminator - borrowed (in English, a common noun).
Transformers - borrowed (in English, a common noun).
Zootopia - author's (the word has not been encountered before).
Game of Thrones - author's (a phrase previously uncommon).
Copyright names belong to the owners of the rights, for use in any commercial activity, the permission of the owners is required (in this regard, the recent story about "Winter is coming" is very typical ).
Borrowed titles cannot belong to either the authors or the owners of the rights to the works, so they can be used freely (as well as before the release of the corresponding works).

Answer 2

Not worth it

Answer 3

Surprise me.
How can a site have a similar theme to a movie without being related to it?)))

Answer 4

Not worth it. Unless in the zone of some Gabon. The Americans gobbled up a pack of dogs on patent disputes, which would be enough to feed the whole of Korea - they will take it away immediately, and you will also have trouble. In the Russian zone - no better - they can be taken away without a trial. The content should specifically not intersect with the target audience - then there is a certain chance. For example, the site transformers.ru, which offers transformer trailers.

Answer 5

Search engines don't care. They not only target the search results for the keyword in the domain. If the site does not have content related to the film, then there should not be any problems with the copyright holders either.

Answer 6

How is it interpreted by the law, in particular "On Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin"? In general, if it is registered, then it is controlled by the copyright holder, who has the exclusive right to use it. It is a violation to use without permission anywhere. Products, labels, sales offers, Internet domains, it doesn't matter. All this will be recognized as counterfeit and you will get yourself into trouble.