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I have problem with this Registrar of ICANN, I send email ICANN never response, do two month see in whois that my generic domain name in other business, I question if which money desire for sale the generic domain name, the Sales Manager response my email not sale this generic domain name, thank you.

I do other question by which pay Network Solutions for the generic domain name, sales manager response not sale Network Solutions be other person a domainer our payment $150.000 Thank you. Is good the business of the domainer because all the money send in Tax Haven.
Thank you, Elliot by be the best domainer of United States.
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I agree… but there are a lot of people who lack common sense

By the way, Apple vs Apple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer and see just how non-generic a “generic” word like apple can really be. What a waste of time and money and the attorneys are the ONLY winners. Not the companies and certainly not us consumers.

Paranoia? Perhaps some readers are less savvy than you and would think of this post as offering good advice.

“Approaching the Maryland bank would not be smart but weigh the risk before deciding. ”

Yes – exactly, that’s the point of my post, so I don’t see any “paranoia” here. I am simply providing advice that I think will be useful to some people. I would have emailed the bank had I not seen their area code on the contact page, as I assumed they were located in that city.

There are a wide variety of people who read my blog, and some people don’t know what’s allowed and what isn’t. I could develop the domain name into a city mortgage site and it would be easily defensible. If I try to sell it to the company, they wouldn’t care about the city in Texas – they would only care that it infringes upon their mark, as they’ve been in business for many decades. In fact, they own the singular (City)Mortgage.com.

May seem like “paranoia” to you, but I bet it’s of interest to others.

Even though the rules are being bent and manipulated by some of the UDRP panelists, if you had no idea of the TM and you had no reasonable expectation there would be one, you should be fine. We need to act as if the rules mean something rather than simply acquiesce to the pressue and admonishments being bandied about…fight for your rights!

Approaching the Maryland bank would not be smart but weigh the risk before deciding. Do they have the TM or are they simply using the name without it?

Generic means just that, apple is generic as it relates to the fruit/flavor and can’t be TMed. Take it out of it’s generic bubble, i.e. as it relates to records, computers or other “non-apple” related products, it no longer retains it’s generic meaning.

Good Luck