Ebay auction. Trying to cash in

one could do it with .co.uk or .net or similar for next to nothing.

Realspeed
 
Pointless registering/buying such a trademarked name, you won't keep it and it could cost you, aside from the purchase price.
 
That account doesn't appear to have been used for a year and a half despite being busy before that. I smell haddock.
 
Disney vs a small time eBay chancer... I wonder who would win that one??

Pointless, cost her at least £40 for the domains, and a quid or so listing fee.
 
I was looking for that Seal Team 6 book and came across it. Another seller is auctioning the audio tape for the book for £75 :cuckoo:
 
If she has only just bought them, those domain will be taken off the owner & given to disney quicker that you can say Seal team.
 
Derek_F said:
If she has only just bought them, those domain will be taken off the owner & given to disney quicker that you can say Seal team.
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erm... why?

If someone has bought it, surely, it's theirs?
 
duttytd said:
And why is that?
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Lynton said:
erm... why?

If someone has bought it, surely, it's theirs?
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Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting), according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.
 
Also it hasn't been trademarked yet, Disney just have a application in to do so. Not approved yet and as I understand it, almost certainly likely to be fought against.
 
Lynton said:
erm... why?

If someone has bought it, surely, it's theirs?
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Not if its a copyrighted name by a multi billion pound company no.

Disney would take them to court saying its in thier interest to have that name. The person who bought them would have to prove they have a real and valid interest in the names, more so than Disney.

Its happened before and the people who bought the domains had to hand them over. Cant find the case study at the moment though
 
TCR4x4 said:
Not if its a copyrighted name by a multi billion pound company no.

Disney would take them to court saying its in thier interest to have that name. The person who bought them would have to prove they have a real and valid interest in the names, more so than Disney.

Its happened before and the people who bought the domains had to hand them over. Cant find the case study at the moment though
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but not as quick as people think or have posted in here.. takes a long time..

if your not pretending to be or not passing off as or not making money from a domain name that someone else holds name copyright to then you can keep it. unfortunatly advertising in that way on ebay falls foul of cybersquatting.

owning or copyright to a name doesnt automatically entitle you to the domain name
 
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Lynton said:
If someone has bought it, surely, it's theirs?
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You can't buy a domain name.. nobody can.. disney dont own disney.com .. you can only rent domains therefore differnt rules apply :)
 
I'm intrigued with all this info. Had no idea how complicated it can become! Wow.
 
KIPAX said:
but not as quick as people think or have posted in here.. takes a long time..

if your not pretending to be or not passing off as or not making money from a domain name that someone else holds name copyright to then you can keep it. unfortunatly advertising in that way on ebay falls foul of cybersquatting.

owning or copyright to a name doesnt automatically entitle you to the domain name
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Not the case I'm afraid, see Time Warner vs Harper Stephens for the legal precedent.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Not the case I'm afraid, see Time Warner vs Harper Stephens for the legal precedent.
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The domain names at issue are <findharrypotter.com>, findharrypotter.org, findharrypotter.net, <freeharrypotter.com>, <freeharrypotter.org>, <freeharrypotter.net>, <potterharrypotter.com>, <potterharrypotter.org>, <potterharrypotter.net>, <theharrypottermovie.com>, <theharrypottermovie.org>, <theharrypottermovie.net>, <harrypotterproductions.org>, <harrypottershoppe.com>, <harrypottershoppe.net>, <harrypottershoppe.org>, <harrypotterbooks.org>, <harrypotter1.net>, <harrypotter1.org>, <harrypotter2.net>, <harrypotter2.org>, <harrypotter3.net>, <harrypotter3.org>, <harrypottercd.com>, <harrypottercd.net>, <harrypottercd.org>, <harrypotterdvd.com>, <harrypotterdvd.net>, <harrypotterdvd.org>, <harrypotterdvds.com>, <harrypotter etc. etc. etc.......
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:lol:
 
KIPAX said:
but not as quick as people think or have posted in here.. takes a long time..

if your not pretending to be or not passing off as or not making money from a domain name that someone else holds name copyright to then you can keep it. unfortunatly advertising in that way on ebay falls foul of cybersquatting.

owning or copyright to a name doesnt automatically entitle you to the domain name
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if you cna prove that you have rights to use it then you might stand a chance, we've(at work, not forums!) raised 3 cases against other companies and won all 3 - 2 went to nominet and 1 was transferred voluntarily

Flash In The Pan said:
Not the case I'm afraid, see Time Warner vs Harper Stephens for the legal precedent.
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thats a good example
 
matty said:
he wont care, he isnt fined for use, he just has to transfer them to disney, so if he makes £1m a year, the £60 to register is nothing. Disney will have to pay costs as they are the complainants
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It will have cost him at least $1500 to have it go to a WIPO decision, granted not much dosh for him but a salutory reminder for the unwary without excess cash.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSofthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft

This was an interesting one a few years back;

Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft was a legal dispute between Microsoft and a Canadian Belmont high school student named Mike Rowe over the domain name "MikeRoweSoft.com".[2] The case received international press attention following Microsoft's perceived heavy-handed approach to a 12th grade student's part time web design business and the subsequent support that Rowe received from the online community.[3] A settlement was eventually reached, with Rowe granting ownership of the domain to Microsoft in exchange for Microsoft products and training.[4]
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gramps said:
It will have cost him at least $1500 to have it go to a WIPO decision, granted not much dosh for him but a salutory reminder for the unwary without excess cash.
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its not as much for nominet, £740 i think from memory, but that is to get a judgement, small beer for him if hes making that much from it all!
 
jamin100 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSofthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft

This was an interesting one a few years back;
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Similar to the way Harrods go after anyone who uses a name similar to theirs, such as the hairdressers that opened down the road from me under the name Hairrods - now they could have argued it was just a coincidence, if they hadn't been using the same colours and fonts on their signage as the London store.....:naughty:
 
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