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Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
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Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#12See also https://gail.com/
> There are only two valid e-mail addresses on the gail.com domain, so it is extremely likely that your photos were rejected by my e-mail provider and deleted.
> […]
> If you have a question not answered above, feel free to send it to: faq at gail period com. Thanks for visiting.
Now I wonder what the other address is. Probably gail@ or mail@. Actually the last one rhymes, I hope she uses that.
Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#13idk / imho ... in case: be open selling your domain? just as one possibility to avoid lengthy legal disputes / costly interactions with lawyers!? you mentioned above, you are "from a poor country" ... several k or even some 2 digit k of us$ / euro - depending on the actual name - might be a decent pain-compensation for "loosing" your domain and carry you further in your country than a stupid personal domain with nice…
Do not do what this poster advises. Offering to sell the domain will probably count as evidence that you've registered it in bad faith rather, and make it easier for a trademark owner to win a dispute.
I would hope that if domain matches your legal name, that should be sufficient evidence that you registered it in good faith. Anyway, I don't think the above poster was suggesting advertising it for sale, just that if someone reached out wanting to buy it that OP should seriously consider the offer.
Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#14It's your last name, they cannot force it off you. I'm not a lawyer, but worked for a company which tried.
Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#15You should be fine. See nissan.com as an example. You aren't a domain squatter and even they barely have issues.
https://jalopnik.com/uzi-nissan-spent-8-years-fighting-the-c...
> At the time, it didn’t seem like the start of an all-consuming legal battle, a David vs. Goliath fight that took nearly 10 years and cost the small business owner millions of dollars—to say nothing of the incalculable toll on his personal life.
Not exactly a great example of “fine”.
Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#16See also https://gail.com/
> Another interesting gail.com factoid: my amazing e-mail provider, ProtonMail, rejects about 1.2 million mis-addressed e-mails per week to the gail.com domain.
Bloody hell, there could be some spicy stuff on a few of those emails!
Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#17idk / imho ... in case: be open selling your domain? just as one possibility to avoid lengthy legal disputes / costly interactions with lawyers!? you mentioned above, you are "from a poor country" ... several k or even some 2 digit k of us$ / euro - depending on the actual name - might be a decent pain-compensation for "loosing" your domain and carry you further in your country than a stupid personal domain with nice…
Your advice in how to protect their domain name is be willing to sell it and don’t bother putting up a fight…?
When it comes to registered trademarks, yes. I can't call myself Coke or Pepsi either.
Don't confront them to offer them anything, let them come to you.
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#19I would like to ask the inverse of this question; a company is squatting the domain that is the same as mylastname.com. They just redirect to their main site when you visit this address.
How can I get a hold of this domain?
Re: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
#20I don’t understand, what’s the emotional attachment? Put the domain up for sale and hire a broker, the money could be life changing for you.