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Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by ryukenden, Jan 10, 2008.

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    ryukenden, Jan 10, 2008 IP
  2. Henkatsu

    Henkatsu Well-Known Member

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    Yeah there is TM issues that domain isnt worth anything.
     
    Henkatsu, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    I think it will be taken off by Ebay soon, this is too obvious a trademark violation, whoever thinks of $100 000 is really dreaming. He may end up having to push the domain to Yahoo for a token sum.
     
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    Let's wait and see.
     
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    that domain would be worth something but i dont see how it could be worth $100,000
     
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    ryukenden Well-Known Member

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    Yes, it is not worth that much. The owner is expecting yahoo to bid on it.
     
    ryukenden, Jan 10, 2008 IP
  7. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Yahoo will send a lawyer's letter for it most probably rather than bid for it.
     
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    ryukenden Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I agree with you.
     
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    I am ready to buy it if it is provided free of cost. LOL
     
    dairyman, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    Trademark does not apply to domain name. A trademark does not entitle you to take over a domain. Adsense.com didn't belong to google for a very long time even though Adsense is a trademark of Google. Google had to buy it.

    Actually, it is the use of a domain name plus the domain name itself. If you own ABC.com and claims to be a formal ABC News Network while you're not, you're in direct violation of trademark laws. The real ABC News Network can bring you to court and will likely win. But says if you own Yahoo.is, your logo is not a copycat of YAHOO.com and you run a shoes shop not a search engine, Yahoo.com will never be able to take your domain from you. Of course, their lawyers might try to send you some letters but they must take you to court and win to seize your domain, but I don't see the possibility of this (Read Adsense.com case).

    Also, you can't register a trademark and have a lawyer sent mails to some domain owners to turn over their domains to you. Because you can't!
     
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    ryukenden Well-Known Member

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    I think it is better to avoid legal matters with yahoo or google which are power houses. I will not buy this domain name. It will cost fortune to fight against them legally.
     
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    it is a real stupidity. i mean this guy who is listing this domain name at ebay.
    actually, yahoo can send lawers or try out other legal ways.
    but this guy isnt definately gonna get anything !
     
    superstan, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    i agree with you, look people suppose you have a domain buycars.com and i go and register a business and trademark as buycars inc. that does not meant that i will be the owner of this domain, plus every country has their own laws, here it is very important to look at the laws of the owner's country.
    Yahoo can not file a case for a business registered in another nation
     
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    I think so...yahoo was already well-known site...
     
    bomberman, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    I can think of lots of topics

    Yahoo.is/naughty

    Yahoo.is/etc.
     
    LinkBliss, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    i think worth $00
     
    leede, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    It depends. In some places, I know that in some places, the government has the power to force someone to give up certain domains.

    Rick
     
    rickyou, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    Funny that someone would sell that domain.. But why hasn't Yahoo! the rights to that domain?
     
    elias_sorensen, Jan 10, 2008 IP
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    I don't know if anyone realizes but Yahoo is actually a word in the dictionary, you can't stop people using long standing words from language just because you named your company after it.

    If I start a company called "Breakfast" and it becomes a multi million $, uber well known brand it doesn't mean I own the word Breakfast.

    Obviously if you buy Yahoo.is and claim to be part of the Yahoo! company, or make a site that resembles it you would have need to worry. Otherwise you can do what you like with it, even waiting hopelessly for Yahoo! to make a special search engine for for the 300,000 people that live in Iceland, roughly the same population as the town where I live, and wanting to buy the name from you.
     
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    He's just inviting trouble
     
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