On Thu, 18 May 2000, David wrote:
> This is a great money spinner for the likes of networksolutions in the
> states. When I realised that a .com domain using my trade name had been
> reserved (by an Australian!) I took action against her and finished up
> paying $4000 (cheap as it turns out) to get the .com name back.
How on earth did you force the issue? There is little or no
precendent in Australia for trading name issue pertaining
to domain names. Did you bluff your way through? I assume
no court action was involved.
> Then I had to reserve a suit of 9 american domains to protect my
> interests, namely .com .net .org multiplied by 3 likely spelling
> variations. I then added the cost and trouble of trademarking the name in
> the US so that no one could litigate me out of what is rightly mine. Since
> .com is highly valued, my internet name and therefor my intellectual
> property could be easily hijacked.
Hmmm ... verging on the ridiculous.
smith.net differs from
smith.org differs from
smith.com differs from
smith.gov
just as
Smith Street differs from
Smith Avenue differs from
Smith Lane
BTW: what .COM name did you procure?
And what where the eight variants?
I find this perversely entertaining!
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