Hi AJ,
Just some of my thoughts on the extra info you posted
I think a lot of people fall into the overture trap, especially with what you say about the other TLD's registered. It has quite a few searches ... So where are they more likely to end up ? My guess is the .com as you have said that is registered.
Let's have a look at the ones you mention :
lapdesk.com
Not a great site, but they are a business ... Could market it to them, however be careful of trademark problems ( not looked them up just a thought ).
lapdesk.net
Parked, not being used ... They might have a hosting package for it but are not doing anything with it.
lapdesk.org
Does not reolve.
lapdesk.biz
As above
lapdesk.org
Just parked,no real content
lapdesk.de
does not resolve
lapdesk.co.uk
Parked
So apart from the .com none of them are really used. This could mean that the owners of these registered them thinking they were good buys from the overture stats
Don't get me wrong I think it is a reasonable name, but unless you are lucky it is not really going to fetch much without some decent quality traffic.
By all means try it on Sedo for a while, but if it does not do well develop a simple site to get it registered in search engines / directories.
Wishing you all the best.
Richard