i own toyota-scion.net

[s2kinteg916]

Scion is a toyota sub company for new import cars....

If i build a site about toyota scions , specs, info and so on so on ...

would i be violating any trademarks or anything ?

[incka]

Probably but I doubt anything will happen.

[s2kinteg916]

http://www.toyotascion.com ... i guess they would get that guy first... lol

[Mike]

Yea, you probably are, but I doubt if big companies can be bothered over a small site that isn't (or is it?) doing them harm.

[LuckyShima]

You will never know. It could sit there for a few years without anyone worrying about it but then a $10 million law suit might arrive.

[ozgression]

Doubt it. There are MANY, MANY, MANY sites about various cars.

If you owned a car company, why wouldnt you want people promoting/branding your product for you?

Aslong as you don't pretend to be Toyota, and have a disclaimer in your footer telling users that you are not Toyota and are not affiliated with Toyota/Scion and the trademarks are their trademarks etc... you should be fine.

I would, however, email them first to be sure.
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[ozgression]

eg. Take a look at the various community/info sites that revolve around specific car brnds/model on this site: http://www.123carlinks.com/dir/?id_category=16
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[LuckyShima]

Yes you are right that there are many examples oz. This one is the same as what s2kinteg916 wants to do: http://www.nissansilvia.com/

But Nissan jumped on this website even when the person wasn't involved in doing anything with cars: http://www.nissan.com/

[ozgression]

Yeah, but the Nissan.com case is a different to the issue s2kinteg916 is facing - though I do see the point you were trying to make.

Cheers...
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[s2kinteg916]

also its a better domain name...

[E_emotions]

i don't think any car company will take actions against trademark violations as sites such as yours are contributing to the growth and pleasure of their fanbase.