Comments on: Responsibility of Auction Houses & Domain Registrars Regarding Legal Threats

By: check url availability

check url availability — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:43:44 +0000

Hi – Here’s an article today on ESPN related to an athlete’s domain name … http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4758848

What’s your take on legal issues with people registering athlete’s names?

By: fizz

fizz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:01:14 +0000

IMO it’s blatantly obvious that Brady’s “reaching out to bidders” in the JenniferLopez.com auction was purely for selfish gain – he simply wanted to scare off the opposition from bidding it up.

By: pitbullstew

pitbullstew — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:52:21 +0000

you will atone…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzSj1yNZdY8

By: Ms Domainer

Ms Domainer — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:25:24 +0000

It’s no wonder this field has such a nasty reputation.

Yes, the term “Good will” is generic in that it has a meaning not having to do with the thrift store.

However, it looks as though the buyer was clearly infringing.

Quite frankly, I hope Goodwill.com whups the buyer’s ass.

This charitable organization is all class and has been around for years and has helped the disadvantaged for longer than most of us have been alive. I’m a faithful customer of and donor to Goodwill (Mostly donor now, though back in the day when I was a poor graduate student, I bought a lot of necessities from there and Salvation Army).

The fact that Goodwill Industries is well-known should have triggered a possible trademark warning, and that no warning was given just increases the slime factor of Namejet.

The buyer is just as slimy and would garner no sympathy from me if he saw his $55,000 evaporate into thin air.

By: Leonard Britt

Leonard Britt — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:34:48 +0000

The auction houses just place the responsibility on the buyer. I recall months ago seeing a domain which was a clear trademark issue in auction, notified Namejet and their only response was to have me fill out a form (as though I were the company with a complaint). I did not participate in the auction but recall there were a number of individuals who had placed a backorder. Someone won that domain but the auction house just washes their hands of the issue. Nice business.