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[statsmajor]

What are the requirements to register a .com.co. At Marcaria they require you to have a Colombian company and a trademark for the domain name (both of which they will do for you for a fee). The company element makes sense, but do you really need a trademark for a generic? In the US for example, there is a complete prohibition on trademarking "generic" terms and even something "descriptive" requires secondary meaning - Does anyone know how Colombian law works? Does anyone have experience registereing domain names in Colombia (both foreigners and natives)? Are there issues with protecting a c.om.co name?

Thanks in advance.

[snicksnack]

I once checked and there was a TM requirement and local presence for .com.co, but with opening of the .co toplevel domain space, they might reduce the restrictions.

I don't think theer is a prohibition for generics as TM in the US, examples would be Apple, Target, Drugstore

[statsmajor]

Is the .co extension a definite?

As for the US, you can't TM a term that is considered generic, so my point was if this was the case in Colombia, how could you register a generic if there is a requirement that you first have a trademark? And if you can TM a generic term, wouldn't someone else have done this a long time ago?

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by statsmajor

What are the requirements to register a .com.co. At Marcaria they require you to have a Colombian company and a trademark for the domain name (both of which they will do for you for a fee). The company element makes sense, but do you really need a trademark for a generic? In the US for example, there is a complete prohibition on trademarking "generic" terms and even something "descriptive" requires secondary meaning - Does anyone know how Colombian law works? Does anyone have experience registereing domain names in Colombia (both foreigners and natives)? Are there issues with protecting a c.om.co name?

Thanks in advance.

Some generic domains are taken. There are some dark ways to register.

[statsmajor]

Originally Posted by Alfredo

Some generic domains are taken. There are some dark ways to register.

Care to elaborate?

[Die Beste]

Solicitud empresas fuera de Colombia

Los documentos solicitados son:*

1. Fotocopia de la tarjeta NIT y del Certificado de la Cámara de Comercio del apoderado.
2. Poder debidamente apostillado para la firma de abogados o entidad representante, directamente emitida por la empresa solicitante, en persona del representante legal de la empresa extranjera.
3. Equivalente del Certificado de la Cámara de Comercio y del número de identificación tributaria en el país de origen.
4. CARTA DE RESPONSABILIDAD DEBIDAMENTE DILIGENCIADA

Application firms outside of Colombia

The documents requested are:

1. NIT photocopy of the card and Certificate of the Chamber of Commerce of the attorney.
2. Apostille power due to the law firm or entity representative, issued directly by the applicant, in person the legal representative of the foreign company.
3. Equivalent of Certificate of the Chamber of Commerce and the tax identification number in the country of origin.
4. LETTER OF RESPONSIBILITY duly

[snicksnack]

Originally Posted by statsmajor

Is the .co extension a definite?

As for the US, you can't TM a term that is considered generic, so my point was if this was the case in Colombia, how could you register a generic if there is a requirement that you first have a trademark? And if you can TM a generic term, wouldn't someone else have done this a long time ago?

some examples for generic trademarks: target , ask, drugstore, enterprise