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Re: I bought netflix.soy

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Post by FemmeAndroid »

kevin_nisbet wrote: post #157
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #134

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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.

I don't doubt google would attempt to do this, and probably win simply by being able to out resource an individual who registered the domain, however, my limited understanding of trademark law is this wouldn't necessarily be a valid claim. My understanding is trademarks are a protection against consumer confusion, so as long as companies aren't selling similar products or services, or competing in the same geography…

While this is generally true, it doesn’t apply to a famous and unique mark which would definitely be covered by trademark dilution in this case.

See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_dilution

Re: I bought netflix.soy

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Post by mschuster91 »

saagarjha wrote: post #132
CydeWeys wrote: post #121

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Yes. Look up the history of .sucks

The first reason https://get.sucks mentions why you might want one of their domains is to protect your brand online.

"protect" aka good old mafia-style "protection money" rackets.

Re: I bought netflix.soy

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Post by dirtnugget »

xenonite wrote: post #215
Hamuko wrote: post #206

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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?)

If it were your middle name then you could have the option to omit when needed.

Re: I bought netflix.soy

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Post by CydeWeys »

throwaway373438 wrote: post #187
CydeWeys wrote: post #169

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No there isn't. Companies won't pay you money for having cybersquatted on their obvious trademark. You'll lose the domain flat out through UDRP. The best outcome that can happen to you if you find yourself in such a situation is that you relinquish the domain name for free and nothing further comes from it.

Arbitration through UDRP is expensive, both in terms of process costs and employee time. A reasonable company would probably pay more than registration costs to avoid it.

You're underestimating how much value there is to companies in setting precedent on defending their trademark with an easy and practically guaranteed win. Companies need to proactively defend their trademark when it's being infringed upon or they risk losing it, and this is a really easy way to defend it.

Re: I bought netflix.soy

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Post by CydeWeys »

thekyle wrote: post #161
CydeWeys wrote: post #41

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He never registered google.com. google.com is hard-locked at the registry level by Verisign and has very high security manual safeguards around any changes that are made to it. There was a temporary bug in Google Domains that made it appear as if he had bought google.com, but he had not.

I think it was GoDaddy not Google Domains.

It was Google Domains.

Re: I bought netflix.soy

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Post by CydeWeys »

ksec wrote: post #203
SilasX wrote: post #192

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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.

They got bad self-serving advice from lawyers. A lawyer doesn't get paid much if all they do is write up a contract for a private agreement to buy a domain, but they get paid a lot if the disagreement goes to trial instead.

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Post by CydeWeys »

wrycoder wrote: post #181

One winter day, my wife looked down the coast and noticed that the bell buoy that marked the entrance to Plum Island Sound was lying on the beach. This thing is enormous, about 30 ft long. We drove down and walked around it with some other curious people. Took some pictures. She thought that we ought to report it. I told her that many people would already have done that. A couple of days went by and there didn’t seem…

Similar story different ending, I was driving over the San Mateo Bridge in broad daylight and screeched to a stop to avoid hitting a bicycle that had fallen off the back of someone's car and was sitting the rightmost lane. We managed to get out of there after spending a long terrifying minute looking in the rearview mirror at vehicles blithely approaching us at 75 mph and swerving into another lane at the last second upon realizing we were stopped, despite the emergency blinkers. Finally a gap in traffic opened up and we were able to get out of there too.

After we cleared the bridge we called 911 and as soon as my girlfriend said the words "San Mateo Bridge" the dispatcher said "Are you calling about that bike? All the calls we're getting right now are about the bike. Police are already on the way. Have a good day." And she got hung up on!

So, fortunately, sometimes the bystander effect isn't in play, and lots of people are independently making the good decision to report a dangerous situation to 911.

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