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http://ai./ still works
What happens if I have a computer on my network named ai? Wouldn't it cause a conflict? I called my FreeNAS box freenas because I didn't feel very creative, and I can browse to it as http://freenas or http://freenas./ but if they took a domain of 'freenas' suddenly that means I have to do extra work and rename my stuff. Doesn't seem fair!
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I wasn't talking to the guy in the article, was I?
The guy in the article was able to do it recently. Why not the person you were replying to? (Besides the fact that now the guy in the article has done them all)
So because they could do it, anyone who points out it's not possible now should be downvoted and asked to explain themselves with:
Why is it not possible, beside the fact that it's not possible?
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I think Nissan.com is more illustrative -- it was a guy named Nissan[1] who had an actual computer business in his name and got to keep it away from Nissan Motors, but now his site has a lot more to do bragging about his fight with the motor company than actual computer stuff. [1] Hebrew/Israeli name usually transliterated as "Nisan"
Interesting, why doesn't Nissan motor just paid more money say a million for it? Surely they can afford it.
Source: Went to law school. Never practiced though.
A Google domain name is lying on the ground. An IT guy walks past it. A friend asks: "Didn't you see the Google domain name there?" The IT guy replies: "I thought I saw something, but I must've imagined it. If there had been a Google domain on the ground, someone would've picked it up."
With the expansiion of TLDs, this just means that apex domains of a TLD will still be subject to trademarks. google.pizza, google.yoga, google.keyboard will all be trivially easy for Google to claim trademark infringement for. So while it's cute that you can register "google.soy" -- if Google cares enough they'll take if from you.
In fact, they're the only good argument in favour of expanded TLDs that I can think of.
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Looks like you haven't heard of https://nissan.com/ . They've had the domain for years.
Sure, if your name is Mike Google, then you might have better chances at keeping your domain. Probably still not good chances to profit off of it.
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While it is an unwinnable case, there is a positive dollar amount to settling out of court.
Especially if you have a cute story like the MikeRoweSoft guy did.
Yes, they were here first.
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Sure, if your name is Mike Google, then you might have better chances at keeping your domain. Probably still not good chances to profit off of it.
Now this a valid reason to give your kid the surname of a brand. To get rich quick. Too bad that this also limits employment options in the long run (can you imagine Google to work for Amazon?)
Happens all the time, as many brand names come from family names and the founder isn't the only person bearing that name.
In this case, a company can block their trademark being registered in 241 TLDs administered by Donuts, Inc. Other registries have equivalents but it only really works for large TLD holders (like Donuts, Minds+Machines etc) where you can block registrations on dozens or hundreds of TLDs.
to my surprise, there were around 200 clicks per day, mostly coming from italy of course. i didn't want to do anything malicious with it, so in the end i didn't extend. domain was snatched by someone else as soon as it expired.
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The guy in the article was able to do it recently. Why not the person you were replying to? (Besides the fact that now the guy in the article has done them all)
Lots of people hand registered 3 and 4 letter .coms in the past. So because they could do it, anyone who points out it's not possible now should be downvoted and asked to explain themselves with: Why is it not possible, beside the fact that it's not possible? [Edited to remove excess frustration/annoyance/snark at people quibbling so much about a totally inconsequential and factual remark.]