Parked Domain Amount

[TCH-Thomas]

Are there any either TCH-specific or general internet rules on how many domains that can be parked on each other?

[LisaJill]

Only if you're cybersquatting. That'd mean - if you're holding domains with no relationship at all to your purpose, with the intent of selling.

 

Otherwise, no. I have several domains parked (variations on my name and website name). =)

[TCH-Thomas]

Thanks Lisa

 

No way Im selling the domains Im thinking about.

[LisaJill]

to clarify, in the US it's not just intent to sell it's trademark and copyright issues as well. I'm not sure how this plays out internationally. =)

[TCH-Thomas]

Now you lost me which is ok, Im used to it.

So far I have jikrantz.se, net and com and I am thinking about adding tompasworld.something to it. Would it be ok in the U.S (assuming that is the law I have to go by since TCH is in the U.s)?

[LisaJill]

I don't think that's a problem. If you had a name like hrm, "Baldur" for instance, it could be, since there's a major game called Baldur's Gate. Are you getting the idea? Still it shouldn't be a problem. =)

[TCH-Thomas]

I understand.

Once again Lisa, you taught me alot

 

Runs off to register... hey I cant do that...I have until wait to wallet is full.

[jandafields]

Lisa, are you saying that it is illegal to buy a domain and sell it??? I've seen tons of domains on the Internet with a "For Sale" page.

[LisaJill]

No, I said cybersquatting is problematic. I'm not sure that it's *illegal* but there are precedents of those domains being awarded to the trademark owners. There were a few big ones with Microsoft a few months ago.

[TCH-Thomas]

I always felt its their problem if they are not registering it in time.

Take my roommate (TCH-member Marve) for instance, her family is the only ones in Sweden having their last name. We thought about registering not only marve.se but also marve.com. But we can not register the com adress, because it belongs to some guy in India and I bet that he will not sell it.

Me and my family are the only ones named Jikrantz in Sweden so I have registered all (se, com, net except org).

[TCH-Rob]

A name can be more difficult to obtain ownership. If I register kentuckyfriedchicken.info then I may be breaking the law, especially it I try to sell it to them.

[AlanV]

There's a policy here

 

b. Evidence of Registration and Use in Bad Faith. For the purposes of Paragraph 4(a)(iii), the following circumstances, in particular but without limitation, if found by the Panel to be present, shall be evidence of the registration and use of a domain name in bad faith:

    (i) circumstances indicating that you have registered or you have acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trademark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of your documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name; or

    (ii) you have registered the domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that you have engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or

    (iii) you have registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor; or

    (iv) by using the domain name, you have intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to your web site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of your web site or location or of a product or service on your web site or location.

 

So you can't register a trademark without a valid reason

[jandafields]

According to that excert, I guess you could register a domain name of another company if you were not trying to make a profit from it and if you were willing to sell it to them for your out-of-pocket costs if they ever asked you for it.

 

Why would you want to do this though? Maybe for the extreme thrill, I don't know...

[LisaJill]

Do your suggestion or cybersquatting in general?

 

There are circumstances where you could fight, as in the case of a name or a business. If someone had a window selling business and had gotten windows.com for instance... well who knows. Would have been interesting. =)

[oompahloompah]

Funny thing about kentuckyfriedchicken, they're no longer even called that because the people of Kentucky thought that they were using that name when chickens don't even come from the state of Kentucky any longer. So now all you see is KFC. If big companies have to change their name because of that, your cybersquatting a domain might have less of a chance.

[jandafields]

Do your suggestion or cybersquatting in general?

 

There are circumstances where you could fight, as in the case of a name or a business. If someone had a window selling business and had gotten windows.com for instance... well who knows. Would have been interesting. =)

My suggestion.

[LisaJill]

Some guy did this, it was slashdotted. Microsawft.com or something, I forget. =)