In a dilly of a pickle!

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Surfandskimer, May 14, 2006.

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    I was watching the news with my mom and on abc they held a mothers inventors contest. The winners invention was beverage barricade which is trademarked now!

    article link: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Technology/story?id=1135480&page=1

    and I just purchased the domain www.beveragebarricade.com! would you consider that a good snag, would you contact them, do you think they will offer prices or go straight to legal issues..?

    Taylor
     
    Surfandskimer, May 14, 2006 IP
  2. iowadawg

    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    If you do contact them about the url and offering to sell it to them, do not mention a price....let them offer you a price.
    I do not right off the top of my head know what it is actually called and the legalities of it, but in a nutshell it is called url ransom.
     
    iowadawg, May 14, 2006 IP
  3. Surfandskimer

    Surfandskimer Peon

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    i think im going to send them a letter or email not sure yet
     
    Surfandskimer, May 15, 2006 IP
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    Are you joking? Not such a good snag. In case you didn't get the gist of the contest, Mom Inventors (don't bother hijacking that one too - it's taken) is selling the thing under their own brand on their own site and in stores. They certainly don't need the beveragebarricade.com url. Maybe they'll give you a penny, if they respond at all. If they wanted it, they would have snagged it before publicizing the name. Good luck with that.
     
    Rockin Mama, Jun 15, 2006 IP