news Guy whose last name is Michaels loses Michaels.ca to retailer

[domainerfella]

Company argued site at Michaels.ca infringed its marks.

A Canadian appeals court has confirmed that crafts store chain Michaels (NASDAQ:MIK) should be awarded the domain name Michaels.ca.

The loser: a guy whose last name is Michaels.

David Michaels registered the domain name in 2001. In 2009 he started using the domain name to sell stuff online, and that’s where the trouble began.

It seems that the retailer was miffed at what it saw as the defendant trying to capitalize on confused internet users.

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[bytedo]

He turned down the 100k offer because he wanted to keep his email, failed to respond, lost the name and now he wants to crowdfund to take the matter to the supreme court. Never had to come to this the way I see it. One could get a vanity email address for well below a 100k and a lot of Ks still left in the bank.