On Thu, 18 May 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> 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.
I had an australian trade mark for the name, and threatened legal action
in Australia if she advertised it here. An interesting legal point
is whether using the american .com name on the 'net would have constituted
'advertising' here! However, as luck would have it, it never got that far.
I think we scared her enough that $4000 looked like a good deal to her.
I've subsequently heard people talking in 6 figure sums to retrieve .com
domain names. Without my trade mark, I would have been history.
A lot of people don't realise that only a trade mark actually gives you
protection over the use of a name. Company or business names dont.
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