domain Please Appraise ebay.net.au

[shanugulati]

Please Appraise ebay.net.au

 

[PlusNames]

Negative money if you keep it.

Ebay are really strict on domains using their copyrights, you'll most likely get an email from their legal department very soon. I had a domain with just "bay" in it and got an email from them.

 

[barefoottech]

Negative money if you keep it.

Ebay are really strict on domains using their copyrights, you'll most likely get an email from their legal department very soon. I had a domain with just "bay" in it and got an email from them.

eBay is the least of your worries
That name is Number 584 on the official auDA list of prohibited NAMES.http://www.auda.org.au/document.php?documentid=1022
Contact Aust Domains for a Cancellation.
I am an auDA Supply class member and will be officially reporting this fraudulent registration on monday morning Australian time. In the mean time I have also reported it to Aust. Domains.

 

[uzunzatu]

get rid ASAP...

 

[shanugulati]

eBay is the least of your worries
That name is Number 584 on the official auDA list of prohibited NAMES.http://www.auda.org.au/document.php?documentid=1022
Contact Aust Domains for a Cancellation.
I am an auDA Supply class member and will be officially reporting this fraudulent registration on monday morning Australian time. In the mean time I havew also reported it to Aust. Domains.

What do you mean by "fraudulent registration"?
How come it has been fraudulent registration. It was available domain and there is nothing misspelled in that!

 

[Sparhawke]

Go to jail.

Do not pass Go.

Do not collect $200.

Instead collect a C&D and possibly $100,000 fine.

 

[firefly]

Dude..you will get spanked so hard for having that name, even without BFT reporting you.

Seriously...that is a massive TM infringement. Just delete it.


I can't believe that noobs still register TM names when there is a wealth of info on this site alone to guide you in that area.


You cannot seriously understand how much I am shaking my head right now.

Oh boy

BTW...it's no good checking out my profile, which you are doing now. That won't help you. :D

 

[John Baron]

shanugulati , this domain is a big no no - delete it , read TM rules and avoid Trademark domains , be sure to read some more before you go and register any more domains , good place to start is here : http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/

 

[Sparhawke]

He may be a newbie or a noob, depending on your personal definition of the term but I think it is important to slap someone who is hysterical sometimes across their face to bring them to the realities of the situation..

Running around and screaming your head off does no one any good and neither does pussy footing around the situation either.

The OP has got himself in a whole world of bother, maybe wittingly, maybe not and should be made aware that he should get rid of this domain as fast as possible, without profiting from it.

But yes OP, read a lot of this forum before buying other domains, familiarise yourself with at least the basics of TM law and you will hopefully start to profit in the future rather than run at a loss; that is the aim isn't it?

 

[firefly]

He is not a true noob.

The guy almost has his first star. Which means he has been able to find this information on this forum freely, for close to a year. There is no real excuse for not doing your homework first when you are in the position to read the material here.

BFT is within his rights as a auDA Supply class member to report it.

 

[rmg]

Trademark -> You have a bomb in your pocket.

Easy, easy, easyyy..

 

[barefoottech]

auDA publishes the list I linked to on regular basis.
It is against their policy to register any name on that list.

It will be policy deleted , NO REFUND at all.

23.3 Your statement to us and auDA

You confirm and state to us and to auDA separately that:

* All the information set out in your Domain Name application, and all information you give us, are true, complete and correct, and are not misleading or deceptive, and your application is made in good faith


* Your registration or use of the Domain Name does not infringe any person's legal rights
eBay Is the LEGAL owner of the term eBAY
* You are aware that even if the Domain Name is accepted for registration, your entitlement to register the Domain Name may still be challenged by others who claim to have an entitlement to the Domain Name

You accept that if any of the above statements is found to be untrue, incomplete, incorrect or misleading, then either we or auDA may cancel your Domain Name license.

You agree to indemnify us and auDA separately for any loss or damage suffered by us or auDA as a result of any of us relying upon your above statements.

23.5 Your obligations to us

You acknowledge that under the Published Policy:

* There are mandatory terms and conditions that apply to all domain names licenses, and such terms and conditions are incorporated into, and form part of, this document
* You are bound by, and must submit to, the .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP)
* auDA may delete or cancel the registration of a .au domain name

You agreed to these terms and conditions when you registered that name.
As eBAY is a registered trademark (Trade Mark : 822958) since 2000 in Australia. That is why it is a Fraudulant registration.

 

[the_poet]

@barefoottech

Great job!

@shanugulati

What you did is called cybersquatting. Please read exhaustively the newbie section before buying any other name.

 

[Yeodo]

The origional problem with the ebay australia domain if their registration rules say you cant register that name then they are wrong to let you reg it and you should get a refund. I suspect even that they are powerless to delete it as you have in fact rented/purchesed it for a minimum of 1 or 2 years. YOU are the owner not them now.

The extension aside I think that it was a very bad idea to register it, so just delete it.

As im sure everyone knows its not usually the owning of a domain name that is trademarked its how it is used.

If a man was called Earl Bay and he has a domain ebay as a homepage i cant see the problem in that TM wise.

Live and learn. Sounds like you had the intention of ripping off a TM when you regged it so it was probably a TM issue straight off.

Good luck!

 

[barefoottech]

if their registration rules say you cant register that name then they are wrong to let you reg it and you should get a refund. I suspect even that they are powerless to delete it as you have in fact rented/purchesed it for a minimum of 1 or 2 years. YOU are the owner not them now.

Protectyourself
WRONG, so very wrong.
.au Name Registrations are a license to use and can/will be cancelled at any time without notice. .auDA can and does delete names on a daily basis that do not conform to their policies.
NO refunds are given!
auDA does not even have give notice.

Please everyone that does not KNOW auDA regulations, please refrain from giving the OP ill-informed advice. auDA registration rules are not the same as most other ccTLDS or Icann gTLD's. He will only be further confused.

David Underhill aka BareFoot Tech is currently the only NON-Company (i.e. individual) Supply Class member of auDA. Supply class is registrars, authorised auDA Resellers and those involved in the .au DOMAIN Business. Barefoot Tech is currently an authorised auDA reseller for distributeIT & PlanetDomain. This is what I do daily.

The normal Demand class auDA membership is for domainers and Business domain owners.

 

[SmokinJoe24]

This appraisal got a little mean didn't it?

Sorry Dude, but I take it by now that your domain is not worth anything.

@BareFootTech......Dude Breathe......its gonna be ok.

 

[netfleet]

Guys, the hysterics in this thread are rather amusing.

Sure we all agree the domain has negligible value however the risk of being sued is also neglibible.

'A $100,000 fine" - from who? The police?

Think about it.

Ebay see the name and get upset. What do they do - probably a 10c phone call to auDA would be the quickest way to get the name deleted.

Failing that they could launch an auDRP. Cost is $2K and of course they'd win without even trying

So why, oh why, would they spend $20K+ to take this guy to court to try and get the name back?

To sue them they also need to quantify their loss by the infringement. This guy's just registered it. How on earth can Ebay put a dollar figure on their loss when they haven't bothered to register the net.au in 10 years+

Look, I don't condone TM infringement like this and the registrant should be rightly counselled to not waste his money but let's not get too excited and blow things out of proportion!