Be a big company.
Look for interesting sounding domain names that are owned but not being used by individuals.
Create a product with the same name.
Sue the person with the domain name and take it from them.
Win, because you're big.
Be a big company.
Look for interesting sounding domain names that are owned but not being used by individuals.
Create a product with the same name.
Sue the person with the domain name and take it from them.
Win, because you're big.
Fortunately my DNS entry starts in 1996 and would be covered by the first clause. BigCos claims would need to predate 1996 for my domain to be seized.
Yeah but you still have to hire attorneys so for some people they will just settle and take any offer
https://nissan.com/
Archive.org it to see little man beating big corporation
https://web.archive.org/web/20040403145823/http://www.nissan... at least this one says
> In compliance with a ruling issued by the United States District Court in Los Angeles on November 14, 2002, in the lawsuit of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corporation, this web site has been converted to non-commercial use.
And then this https://web.archive.org/web/20050701005403/http://www.nissan... says:
> Nissan Motor is suing Nissan Computer (named after its founder and current President, Mr. Uzi Nissan) for Trademark Infringement, Trademark Dilution and CyberSquatting, seeking 10 Million Dollars in damages
Besides this also indicate not so "little man".
Remember the Mike Rowe Software incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikeRoweSoft.com
I was going to say that at least Nissan own z.com, but it seems like my info is out of date: they sold in in 2014 for $6.8M. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMO_Internet#Z.com
Wow, he passed away. I can’t believe it’s been a while too.