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> Using your own domain is not absolute protection, because you don't really own your domain, you rent it.

Good point; your domain can be seized for various sorts of percieved IP violation.

Or by mistake or fraud, or other reasons that you the renter had nothing to do with.

For trademark violations, yes. But the risk is extremely low if you use yourname.com (or some other U.S. TLD).