Nintendo ready to go to court for an israeli domain

[Domino]

The giant Nintendo has asked an israeli teenager to give to them an israeli domain Pokemon.co.il, and if not they are threatening to take the case to court.

The israeli called Daniel Duvnikov has buyed the pokemon.co.il domain when he was 13 and now, he is 18 years old knows he hasnt a lot of chance to stay with his domain that he uses to put games and makes 300 usd dollars a month, but he has refuse to give the domain and wants a deal to transfer the domain but still have part to develop the site in Israel.

Another very similar case was with the waltdisney.co.il that the original owner had to transfer to Walt Disney a few years ago.

Here is the article in hebrew. If i found it in english I will post it.

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-3262370,00.html

 

[labrocca]

It already points to Nintendo.com so I assume this is resolved. Most likely it was to Nintendo's satisfaction. He should be happy he was making $300 a month for a few years. Nintendo could sue him for all the back revenue.

 

[netzilla]

I think a situation like this should be first come first serve. If anyone beats a company to that domain name then it should be the persons who found it first.

 

[hypocrites]

not if a company owns the trademark.

pokemon is a brand, which they have spent millions promoting they own it and any varations on the word.

if its a generic word like book or computer then a company has reduced rights unless exceptional circumstances such as apple, staples.com etc

 

[NeeJam]

he should of known not to register a trademark thats the no.1 rule everyone should konw don't regg a trademark domain