Where do new gTLDs stand on trademark issue?

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Since trademark is country specific, and new generic TLDs are not, how shall I consider trademark while looking for a domain name? Is there any clear legal stand on this?

For example- wifi is registered at USPTO and in many other countries. So, perhaps, choosing wifi.us or wifi.com won't be a good idea. But, what about wifi.shop, or wifi.tech, or wifi.club?

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I don't recommend it if infringes any rights. You will always be exposed to loosing your name.

The issue is- trademarks are not universal, country specific. So, which trademark do gTLDs respect? Only US? or even for little countries? Or no ones?

I think this problem is not only newg TLDs. And I should not distinguish between wifi.us, wifi.com and wifi.shop and so on.

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