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Originally Posted by mwzd

Those sites with real content and even a tm on the name would not stop a large corporate from coming after the name via a civil suit.

You really think thats a good idea? Whats the percentage of your domain portfolio that is developed? I have just entered the domain world last year, but have been a developer for 10 years and have developed sites since then. Even those sites are not safe under this bill, is that what you're rooting for?

25% of my portfolio is developed. 25% is short CCC's and the rest are generic or brandables under development.

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Tomorrow ebay can come after your filterbay just because of the 'bay' in it and you are liable for 6 million dollars in damages. You think the signatories to the petition like Sahar Sarid, Dan Warner and Adam Dicker are not able to see the big picture?

No...it doesn't say Ebay can come after me for FilterBay. It doesn't change existing TM laws only creates wider penalties for them. And guys like Dicker are scared of anything that attacks their bread and butter (parking).

This bill is mostly for phishing and deceptive practices to gain personal information. It's not an attack on domainers. Read it before you sign whatever petition people are telling you is evil.

Essentially if this bill passes I would probably be more likely to go after someone that is using my Trademarks (for which I have many) than the other way around.