Hi, I figured some of you might have some information about this: I have a friend who owns a small company. She has a web site, with the .eu suffix, but would like the .com one. That domain is owned by someone in the UK, who is not using it (its parked on a US server that seems to advertise it as for sale). They are offering to sell the domain... for several thousand pounds. Actually they first wanted to sell it for that amount, then said that someone else was interested in buying it and that even at that price they could not sell it.
My friend owns the trademark for the name in Europe, the US and Asia. It is a very distinct name and a Google search on the name returns only hits related to her product. So it looks like a clear case of cyber-squatting to me. I am not sure what she can do about it though. It seems like the only solution is to go to court, and there have been very few cases that went to trial. Does anyone have a suggestion on the course of action that might best get results? I fully understand that not everyone here is a lawyer (and the ones who are probably wouldn't admit it ;--), but maybe someone has been in that situation before. Thanks -- mirod