Q: What about Trademarks?
A: Generic... InterNIC has taken a hands-off approach to handling prior and pending trademark names when registering new domain names. In most trademark cases, an infringement can take place with words that sound similar, are spelled slightly differently, etc. With InterNIC you can have a trademarked name in your domain and they will register it to you without doing any search. But, and that's a big but, they will let the courts decide if your domain name could belong to another company/user. Not very good news if you spend lots of time and energy promoting your domain name, only to have someone come out of the woodwork and try to take it. There are several court cases pending that could change how InterNIC awards domains. For more details, refer to InterNIC's domain name dispute policy.

National... Trademark dispute policies vary depending on the country or territory. In most cases, the registrant is responsible for recognizing and following trademark laws. All trademark disputes should be directed to the national registry where the domain is registered. Further information and contacts can be found using the links provided to each national registry (click on flag).