Comments on: Miami Dolphins Not Using Dolphins.com

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:26:31 +0000

Miami Dolphins makes for a stronger TM than Dolphins.

I would choose the former for protection of the TM if it was my choice. Otherwise they have to go after so many different Dolphin type domains to protect the name, as they are required to protect the TM. If you don’t protect, you lose TM enforcemnt abilities in the future.

By: Anthony David

Anthony David — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:02:02 +0000

Another lazy parker… The previous owner of dolphins.com could have invested very minimally and built an informational site about dolphins (the animal) complete with PPC instead of putting a pic of the football stadium there and football links. The NFL team probably just took screenshots of that parked site to court and claim they are profiting from the well known football club. I guess the NFL just used their big bankroll to keep the prev owner with mounting legal fees in what might be an ongoing case, and the guy was put in a position where he must sell out or else risk going broke from legal fees.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:13:45 +0000

See screenshot in my initial article

By: Acro

Acro — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:06:49 +0000

Did the (previous?) owner of Dolphins.com display content related to the Miami Dolphins? If that’s the case, he probably lost a truly generic domain due to his own fault. If he didn’t, it’d be another shocking case of a WIPO tribunal not seeing past the name and into the use of a generic term.

By: wannadevelop.com

wannadevelop.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:55:37 +0000

Marchex lost a 6 figure domain because they rely on machines too much.. All it should of taken was 2 minutes of a human touch to keep things on the safe side and the $$$$ rolling in.

Too bad, but this wasn’t the first time somebody has lost a domain because of stupidity and definitely won’t be the last time.