Someone has reserved a YouTube channel I would like to use myself, let's call it youtube.com/mybusiness.
The youtube.com/mybusiness channel doesn't seem to be used any longer and was never a highly regarded channel as its stats show:
– created in 2007
– 6 videos uploaded ever since
– 310 total views since then
– last video posted on June 2011 with 46 views
I have sent messages to the channel owner via the YouTube Send Message feature (one in June, 2012, and one in January, 2013) but never heard back from that person.
Can/Will YouTube transfer the channel to myself?
PS: I have applied for the mybusiness trademark in the US and own that name on all the major social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn …), could that help convincing YouTube?
Best Answer
No, unless the owner wants to do it there is no way that you could claim another username. just find another name, for example mybusinessofficial or anything else.
It may be helpful to read the YouTube's username trademark policy.
Problem is, they're probably not infringing your trademark, as you may know, just using a name doesn't infringe a trademark, what is important is "how" they use it. that said, if they even try to upload any content, similar to yours, which imply that their channel is connected with your brand, then you may use YouTube Trademark Complaint Form to take down their content, their account or assign it to yourself.