I own a domain name of a soon to be multi-billion dollar product - Now What?

Some very good advice above ^

Basically, be VERY careful - don't list it for sale, put ads on it, post articles related to the company on there, etc.

Also, if you're in the UK send me a PM - my lawyer specialises in Intellectual Property and has dealt with this kind of stuff before. He's not cheap but he's very good.

 

Here's the question. Since you say you own the .com , .net , and .org It would appear you perhaps registered these before the company ever considered it's products however... If you heard about the product and rushed to purchase the domains you may be in for trouble. Expect a low ball offer at first, then a muscling and if that doesn't work for them perhaps a purchase.

 

I don't know if you are familiar with this story but if you have ever been to www. nissan .com the guy who owned that domain and operated his website/company from it was sued by Nissan Motor for a plethora of cyber crimes just because they had the same name (guys last name was nissan and registered the domain when nissan was called Datsun). If you do not want your money and investment undermined and you are positive this will be that big. It is time to get serious. Talk to a lawyer with previous cyberspace law experience and if you get contacted you will already have an upper hand. When billions of dollars are involved you see the worst in people, and they will try every scare tactic imaginable. Just remember, you own it, they don't.

 

I remember that, gosh, that was longtime ago, the guy put up some message on his site pleading for moral support from everyone. Whatever happen to that case? did he win?

 

Well it started a long time ago. They started it up in 1999 and now almost a decade later they are still deliberating. Nissan Motor lost the case against Nissan computer but they had a sour note to it so they sued the poor guy for millions of dollars in attorney's fees. Recently the courts decided that Nissan Motor was not entitled to those fees and they had to pay $58,000 to Nissan Computer and he claims it is less than 2% of what it cost to defend the case. It is not over anymore either. Nissan Motor is going to be doing computers and peripherals in the future, Nissan Computer feels this is a direct move against them in order to sieze the domain www. nissan .com and of course to throw salt in the wound. So Nissan Computer is seeking legal action against Nissan Motor.

 

are you mr. perry?

sorry if they announced product and its not generic, and you regged after that's bad faith, youve got pretty much no legs to stand on. nissan is different because that is his name.

 

Nope, not me.

 

then i guessed the wrong domain.

 

The chances are.

If you bought a large product domain, they already have the Trademark on it. So you will be loosing the domain.