>    As long as you don't use it in any way, then sit back and wait for the 
> offers. You have every right to register that domain if you want.

That's what I thought.

>> Would it make any difference if I ran a small company called 'Nokia 
>> Gizmos' or something that nobody had every heard of?
>
>        You couldn't start a company with the word 'Nokia' in it, and if 
> you chose any variation of the word because of this, it still might be 
> trouble for 'sounding' too close to their (trade)name.

OK but assume the 2nd company already exists and just happens to have the 
word Nokia in it's name (totally legally).  It has registered and is using 
www.nokia.com to promote its own business, it registered this before Nokia 
realised that it needed a .com website.

I just wondered if there is anything the "real" Nokia can do, apart from 
having to pay the small Nokia Blah Blah (that nobody has heard of) enough 
money to change their minds...

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