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Upssucks.com domain belongs to UPS

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Post by RomP » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 3:39 PM UTC

Upssucks.com domain belongs to UPS
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Post by answerly » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 3:45 PM UTC

I think this is a pretty common domain grab for trademark holders. For example, see aolsucks.com: http://www.whois.net/whois/aolsucks.com

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Post by Omni5cience » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 5:48 PM UTC

This is indeed a pretty common strategy to protect a brand.

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