1, It used to be that the only 'real' domain name was .com. Nowadays this artificial scarecity is over. If you want to launch a service as foo.io, that is fine.
2, You can sue to have a domain name confiscated if you own the trademark with the same name
1, It used to be that the only 'real' domain name was .com. Nowadays this artificial scarecity is over. If you want to launch a service as foo.io, that is fine.
2, You can sue to have a domain name confiscated if you own the trademark with the same name
https://cyber.harvard.edu/property00/domain/CaseLaw.html