Airwalk wants to buy my airwalk.mobi

[cozartistrue]

ai/rwalk wants to buy my ai/rwalk.mobi

Their first email says that they interested in my domain (airwalk.mobi)

then, the second says that they want to buy it from me.

so, what should i do? i mean, how much should i reply?

 

[weblord]

you need to do some research on it but it's the most friendly email coming from the company owners
i think you should bump your appraisal thread
http://www.namepros.com/domain-appr...-makefortune-info.html?highlight=airwalk.mobi

 

[cozartistrue]

^^ well, i cant bump it as it's closed thread. maybe make a new thread then?

 

[weblord]

oops sorry i never noticed it.
i guess not. only 1 thread for appraisal

ask them what their best offer for it since they're the one's interested?

or just follow what it's appraisal price just enough to cover registration fees.

or use this:
http://www.namepros.com/appraisals.php

good luck

^^ well, i cant bump it as it's closed thread. maybe make a new thread then?

 

[akcampbell]

Write back and tell them you hold if for development purposes and if they want to buy it they are welcome to make you an offer. Thank them for making you aware of their trademark and reassure them that any site you develop will be completely unrelated to their trademarked categories. Don't counteroffer if they try to lowball you, just ignore them, they will get the message.

 

[cozartistrue]

^^ thanks!

 

[accent]

..... Thank them for making you aware of their trademark and reassure them that any site you develop will be completely unrelated to their trademarked categories. .....

Very well said.

 

[labrocca]

Get some free shoes.

 

[mst0192]

not a good idea to discuss such issues on a public forum.

a) garble? the name of the prospect or even better delete the original email and exchange it with a summary in your own words
b) exchange the domain to something like ai/rwalk.mobi (also the thread-title)

as soon as this thread gets spidered, he just has to google for the domain or his own name to find this discussion.

i dont know much about mobi and tm-laws in the u.s., but for me it sounds like a valid trademark + bad faith.. so i wouldnt get too greedy.

i don't think you are allowed to use such a tm/nongeneric-name in any form.. or am i wrong?

i would ask for a nice pair of shoes in exchange for the domain...

 

[Keith]

I would give up the name. You obviously believe in .mobi or you would not have registered any names. Help yourself and the community out by letting a major company have their name. BTW, make sure you get a few bucks but you should'nt be too difficult!

This could end up costing you bigtime if it goes to arbitration. Do the right thing as they have TMs all over the place. Sell it for reg fee!

 

[cozartistrue]

all, thanks for your reply...

now i am still waiting for the email...

*oh no, i cant change the thread title...*

mod, please delete this... thx.

 

[nrmillions]

Just tell them you want $500. I'm sure you will get it. $500 is nothing to a company like this and it doesnt make you look to greedy and its cheaper and easier for them to give you $500 than dealing with legal fees and wasting time in court.

 

[jacpar]

Just tell them you want $500. I'm sure you will get it. $500 is nothing to a company like this and it doesnt make you look to greedy and its cheaper and easier for them to give you $500 than dealing with legal fees and wasting time in court.

I agree ; both parties will save time and money ; winning deal for both.

 

[Pred]

:sold:

be nice to see developed out

 

[accent]

If he really bought the name without knowledge of the trademark - not hard to do IMHO - there is no bad faith. He has a right to sell or keep the name, as long as he does not use it in a confusing manner. The company does not seem to consider him a cybersquater.

Could move this to Legal section, I understand spiders are excluded from there, or a mod could clean out mentions of the name. But the OP has not said anything bad, only wondered how to respond. Shows good faith to me - if he was cybersquating his reaction would have been very different and he would not have posted here.

 

[akcampbell]

$500 is nowhere near adequate compensation for you having to change you development plans. I hadn't heard of Airwalk stakeboarding kit before researching this thread. There are plenty of companies with an axe to grind with this word. Here's a story about a wireless company called Airwalk communications.

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/01/14/story7.html?ana=from_rss

Hang tough and keep the page blank like you've been doing and hold out for fair compensation. Just because somebody uses a phrase within a given sector, it doesn't give them the right to that keyword in every extension. If they want protection, they have to pay for it in my opinion.

 

[bobdigital]

Tell them you have declined offers from other "air-related" companies in the xxxx range.
Tell them if they submit an high enough offer, they may just get it.
I agree, with others. Sell it to a company that will develop it, and increase credibility in the dot mobi platform.

 

[Pred]

Tell them you have declined offers from other "Airwalk" companies in the xxxx range.
Tell them if they submit an high enough offer, they may just get it.
I agree, with others. Sell it to a company that will develop it, and increase credibility in the dot mobi platform.

win win

sound advice from the bobster


:sold:

 

[cozartistrue]

all, thanks for all your reply...

they replied me that now they're discussing what they gonna offer to me. so i must wait. and they say that the going price for domains when one owns the trademark from ICAAN is around $500. see http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/fees/ that what they say.

hmm, and i really like what akcampbell and bobdigital says...

@accentnepal, yes i'm not a cybersquatter. in fact, i search google about cybersquat right after i'm reading your reply. thx.

 

[accent]

.... and they say that the going price for domains when one owns the trademark from ICAAN is around $500. see http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/fees/ that what they say.

OK, now they start to play the bully. That is a link to the price list for trade-mark infringement disputes before the WIPO mediation forum. There is no "ICANN TM price list". And it would cost them $1500, not $500, to bring a dispute. Money paid to the forum, not to you. If they hire a lawyer (almost certain) then add $5,000 - $10,000 or more to their costs.

You would have to defend the case, too, unless you want to lose the domain. You could research past cases (DNF has a library of them) and defend yourself and maybe win, or pay about $5000 yourself for a lawyer and probably win, although there is no certainty.

The main issue in these cases is usually "bad faith" - registering the domain deliberately for the purpose of profiting from their trademark. An obscure New Zealand mark, with several other companies using the same term - it looks to me like you are probably OK.

I suspect they are bluffing to push your price down. They could go to WIPO and spend all that money and lose. But it is a big stick.