Good or Bad Choice?

[dave9713]

Last night i had the chance to reg VirginAirlines.com - it was available (just expired) and no one had touched it... natural instinct told me not to get it even though i have never read into TM issues until now however i was very tempted to buy and offer to sell back to them... was it a good choice to leave?

The name is unavailable now!

 

[Kate]

It's in the Pool "hotlist"... real shame they are encouraging cybersquatting behavior...
I would not touch these with a ten-foot pole. You did well if it was available... greed seems to be taking over certain people

 

[DNQuest.com]

...however i was very tempted to buy and offer to sell back to them...

Look up the definition of cybersquatting and this is the very first entry. Wise to leave it alone.

 

[dave9713]

i kind of gathered through common sense it wouldn't be that easy : )

 

[verbster]

Has a major corporation ever sued someone like Pool, Snapnames or Sedo for selling or facilitating the sale of its trademarked domain?

If so, what happened? If not, why not?

 

[DNQuest.com]

I wish they would...

 

[Dave_Z]

Has a major corporation ever sued someone like Pool, Snapnames or Sedo for selling or facilitating the sale of its trademarked domain?

If so, what happened? If not, why not?

Something similar going on right now:

http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_sued_domainer_lawsuit_vulcan_golf/

 

[Ronald Regging]

I am very eager to see the outcome of the Vulcan Golf case. It's not hard to see that they are, in fact, profiting off of TMs.. And they hide behind the "automated processes" argument, denying any culpability.

Most of these companies just hit the cruise control button and sit back and watch the profits roll in. It's not a very responsible business model and it's very damaging to the industry overall. What are a few cybersquatters compared to financial behemoths that churn through TM domains like butter?

Enough of these lawsuits come forward and there is going to be some dire consequences to the industry.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

http://whois.domaintools.com/virginairlines.com

Anonymous enom again...

-Allan :gl: