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Subject:  Brand domain names/cybersqatting Obi Felten
Author:   ObiFelten :   view profile | all posts by this author | add to favourites
Date:   10:03:42 1 March 2005
 

We are currently reviewing the set of domains we own. Some permutations of our brand names are owned by other people and we would like to get them back.

I am reluctant to get into legal proceedings as I remember the cybersquatting wrangles of the late nineties all too well. (I used to work for eToys, and the high profile eToys.com v eToy.com court battle was terrible PR for the company and ultimately pointless.)

Does anybody have experience of using a domain name broker to arbitrate and negotiate? Or should we approach domain name owners directly in the first instance?

I am also looking at WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution, but that would be a step further down the line, and they do not cover co.uk. http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/resources/index.html

Obi

 
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  • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, ObiFelten , 1 Mar 10:03
    We are currently reviewing the set of domains we own. Some permutations of our brand names are owned by other people and we would like to get them back. I am reluctant to get in ...
    • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, scotent, 9 Mar 13:43
      Hiya Obi - we have used an Edinburgh based specialist to manage our corporate domain portfolio for the past year.  They have extensive arbitration experience and also influence dom ...
    • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, evaapp, 9 Mar 13:55
      We had a similar issue with one of our .co.uk domains.   Our approach was to have our in-house legal department send a letter, asking if the owner would like to relinquish the ...
      • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, Neil-Boatshed, 14 Mar 14:46
        I would suggest you enter into negotiations via a third party, prices seem to have a nasty habit of going up if the vendor has an idea of your identity in brand or market place ter ...
        • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, Ashley-Winton , 1 Apr 11:07
          I would particularly endorse this practical bit of advice. In relation to other practical advice I would recommend submitting trademark registrations in for the names that are t ...
          • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, Ashley-Winton , 21 Apr 15:55
            Just as a footnote - there has been a very recent case in which T-Mobile have recovered tmobil.com under the WIPO Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy.  See (http://arbiter.wipo.int/d ...
            • Brand domain names/cybersqatting, Ashley-Winton , 17 Jun 12:48
              Just as a further footnote - there has been a development in the examples of large brand holders flexing their corporate muscles over inidividual domain names holders.  Please see ...
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