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by Pyramids 4425 days ago
The term 'Gig' is a registered service mark (held by Fiverr) for uses related to "Operating on-line marketplaces for sellers of goods and/or services" [1]

While this might not be a big consideration right now, this is almost a guaranteed loss in a UDRP/WIPO case against your domain, since you're in a very similar space. It might be a good idea to weigh your options prior to launch, as rebranding will inevitably become more difficult as you acquire users.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/bzXgIDi.png

1 comments

Yikes! Thanks for pointing that out.

I'd rather not get distracted by potential issues like that for now. If GigYard gets enough users to upset Fiverr over a potential registered service mark conflict, I'll consider that a good thing.

That's a terrible idea imho.

Just change the domain name and relaunch. Problem solved before it began, and for just $10.

Except then I wouldn't like the name as much.