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Jim Henderson a écrit :
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> At the same time, consider the case of one Mike Rowe (not the guy from
> Dirty Jobs) - he went into software development, and set up a website at
> mikerowesoft.com - Microsoft successfully shut that site down because the
> name would be confusing and they worked in the same market.
The reason they were succesful in shutting him down was that at one
point he said "I'll shut it down for $10000". From that point on, it
became a cybersquatting case. They eventually settled out of court.
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:55:51 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Jim Henderson a écrit :
>>
>> At the same time, consider the case of one Mike Rowe (not the guy from
>> Dirty Jobs) - he went into software development, and set up a website
>> at mikerowesoft.com - Microsoft successfully shut that site down
>> because the name would be confusing and they worked in the same market.
>
> The reason they were succesful in shutting him down was that at one
> point he said "I'll shut it down for $10000". From that point on, it
> became a cybersquatting case. They eventually settled out of court.
Yeah, I remember something vaguely about that - but still, assuming that
Microsoft went to him and said "shut it down" in the first place is the
issue.
Jim
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> As long as the registrant keeps the domain registered, there is,
> (in my understanding), no way they can 'force' you to hand it over as long
> as it's not used it in any non-commercial/commercial way.
>
> ~Steve~
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>
Now for something completely different... In Argentina, domain names are
free if you register them directly in www.nic.ar, the Network
Information Center (most 3rd parties offering domain registering, with
or without webhosting, will charge; for example, free hosting services
that charge if you want a domain (and fries?) with that).
Apparently there isn't much they can do if somebody already has the name
registered. The recommendation in the FAQ is to basically contact the
one who registered it :P Only if the contact information is outdated or
fake they can do something, but it involves a fairly long bureaucratic mess.
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"St." <dot### [at] dot com> wrote in message news:46e7b170$1@news.povray.org...
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> As long as the registrant keeps the domain registered, there is,
> (in my understanding), no way they can 'force' you to hand it over as long
> as it's not used it in any non-commercial/commercial way.
>
I think it depends on the domain authority. For the .co.za domain, they
require that you have the intention to use the domain (ie, do something with
it within a month or so of registering) and if you don't, you loose the
domain. Also you can't register a domain like a trademark, unless you own
the trademark.
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