On 5 February 2010 15:19, Elizabeth Mattijsen l...@dijkmat.nl wrote:
If it would be a co.uk domain, she could probably go to a UK court. Since
this is a .com domain, I think any UK judge will quickly dismiss on the
grounds that it is an American domain,
so that she should go to court in the
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 15:46, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote:
no .co.us would be an american domain
, specifically one for a company in Colorado.
Or so it used to be; I think they've relaxed the rules on the .us
domain since then. (Perhaps partly because the strict rules were, I
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 14:46 +, Aaron Trevena wrote:
If it would be a co.uk domain, she could probably go to a UK court. Since
this is a .com domain, I think any UK judge will quickly dismiss on the
grounds that it is an American domain,
so that she should go to court in the U.S. of
To pick up on one point ...
The weird thing though is that whois tells me that the record was created 6
years ago. That seems a long time for someone to sit on a useless domain name.
I have plenty of domain names registered that I have reckoned will be
great for particular projects but not got
On 5 February 2010 13:29, mirod mi...@xmltwig.com wrote:
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
* Dominic Thoreau (domi...@thoreau-online.net) [100205 13:46]:
On 5 February 2010 13:29, mirod mi...@xmltwig.com wrote:
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.
Our default policy
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 14:29 +0100, mirod wrote:
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.
It might be. It
Dominic Thoreau wrote:
On 5 February 2010 13:29, mirod mi...@xmltwig.com wrote:
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
On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:29 PM, mirod wrote:
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
On 5 February 2010 14:28, Elizabeth Mattijsen l...@dijkmat.nl wrote:
On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:29 PM, mirod wrote:
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
Jason Clifford wrote:
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 14:29 +0100, mirod wrote:
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
Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:
Considering the price of lawyers, the personal anguish, aggravation and
duration of having to go to court, I would go for purchasing the domain if
she really needs it that badly. This goes against anybody's feeling of
justice, but you really have to ask yourself if
On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:05 PM, mirod wrote:
Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:
Considering the price of lawyers, the personal anguish, aggravation and
duration of having to go to court, I would go for purchasing the domain if
she really needs it that badly. This goes against anybody's feeling of
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, mirod wrote:
It appears that her brand is unique, which is lucky for a 4 letter word!
In which case, ignore all previous comments on trademark, lawyers and
apparent cost. It has a high inherent value just as it is, and a lot of
people will pay a few thousand pounds just
On 5/2/10 15:05, mirod wrote:
I'll probably tell her to offer 500 pounds for it, and if they don't
sell at that price to just use a different domain.
Be careful with that approach. If you believe that they have no claim on
the domain, offering money for it gives them a defence and weakens
On Friday 05 February 2010, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:
If it would be a co.uk domain, she could probably go to a UK court.
Nominet has a dispute service. See, eg, http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/DRS/ .
Since
this is a .com domain, I think any UK judge will quickly dismiss on the
grounds
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