Reported earlier by DotWeekly.com, LPHONE.com is for sale on GoDaddy’s domain name aftermarket. Unless you’re planning on using the domain to promote a totally different concept, it’s a name that deceives users. Take search engines for example. When you’re searching for X, you’ll get a bunch of results with the result’s domain name at the bottom. The domain name is written in all lowercase letters, making this domain lphone.com.

When a domain name is deceiving to consumers, often times companies like Apple can sue for trademark infringement. And we all know what happened last time Apple sued a domain name owner for trademark infringement. They kicked some serious ass and got the domains they wanted.

Lets say that I buy LPhone.com and make it into a brand called Love Phone where singles can talk to each other. While that is completely irrelevent to the iPhone, visitors to LPhone.com can still easily get confused and think that the Love Phone brand is associated with the iPhone. A disclaimer on the homepage might help the owner’s case, but nonetheless, the name looks so similar to iPhone.com.

Do you think that this is a no win situation for the buyer of this domain? I’ll tell you this, there’s absolutely no chance Apple will make the owner of the domain name an offer. If anything, the owner would be taken to court quicker than a tiger chases his pray if Apple wanted in the first place. So if you had that thought in mind, save yourself some money and don’t bid on this name. My recommendation is it’s awfully dangerous to own this domain due to the trademark infringement aspect. Submit your comments below, I’d love to hear them.