[ideliver]

Someone is squatting on my last names URL. I want to buy it from him. I emailed him about getting it. His response was "make an offer".

How much should I offer?

[Freakazoid]

what's your last name? you're going to have to offer a lot, most of these guys are looking for hundreds or thousands

[boymonkey]

It's probably like buying a used car; the first offer will be rejected, no matter how much.

[Tondtar]

[Nutballa]

Originally Posted by Tondtar

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by Nutballa

That was an inside joke with my ex-biz partner. Every time someone mentioned anything with the words, "How Much ...", we'd look at each other and yell, "One Million Dollars!" and then bust out laughing like too stoned idiots. Most people did not get the joke and the one who did, became our buddies instantly

[PKL]

Offer $100 and start from there.

[radix]

Originally Posted by ideliver

Someone is squatting on my last names URL. I want to buy it from him. I emailed him about getting it. His response was "make an offer".

How much should I offer?

If he's in the U.S. and doesn't share your last name, you should offer not to take him to court for asking for an offer.


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/us...5----000-.html

(d) Cyberpiracy prevention
(1)
(A) A person shall be liable in a civil action by the owner of a mark, including a personal name which is protected as a mark under this section, if, without regard to the goods or services of the parties, that person—
(i) has a bad faith intent to profit from that mark, including a personal name which is protected as a mark under this section; and
(ii) registers, traffics in, or uses a domain name that—
(I) in the case of a mark that is distinctive at the time of registration of the domain name, is identical or confusingly similar to that mark;
(II) in the case of a famous mark that is famous at the time of registration of the domain name, is identical or confusingly similar to or dilutive of that mark; or
(III) is a trademark, word, or name protected by reason of section 706 of title 18 or section 220506 of title 36.

(B)
(i) In determining whether a person has a bad faith intent described under subparagraph (A), a court may consider factors such as, but not limited to—
(I) the trademark or other intellectual property rights of the person, if any, in the domain name;
(II) the extent to which the domain name consists of the legal name of the person or a name that is otherwise commonly used to identify that person;

[...]

(VI) the person’s offer to transfer, sell, or otherwise assign the domain name to the mark owner or any third party for financial gain without having used, or having an intent to use, the domain name in the bona fide offering of any goods or services, or the person’s prior conduct indicating a pattern of such conduct;

[radix]

Also this:

http://reports.internic.net/cgi/regi...lem-report.cgi

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by radix

If he's in the U.S. and doesn't share your last name, you should offer not to take him to court for asking for an offer.


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/us...5----000-.html

Wow, did not know about that. Awesome.

Should the OP email the cybersquatter and ask if he has any intentions with the URL? That way if the guy says no, he'd have email proof which could be used to enforce what you posted.

[radix]

Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

Wow, did not know about that. Awesome.

Should the OP email the cybersquatter and ask if he has any intentions with the URL? That way if the guy says no, he'd have email proof which could be used to enforce what you posted.

That would be a good idea. Also the wayback machine at archive.org might be able to provide evidence of what the domain was previously used for, providing it's been around for long enough. It seems to be unavailable now for some reason.

[DougLikesBMW]

Damn the wayback machine isn't working. I've been wanting to wrest my last name's domain from this asian asshole for a while now (no racist).

Thanks for links Radix.

[ideliver]

OT friends thanks again!

I offered a $100 but if he plays hardball I will inform him of the law.

[ideliver]

Also, he is not using the name url

[ideliver]

he is now offering me to bid on it at sedo.co.uk...haha...the minimum bid is $3330

I am in the process of following up on radix suggestions...

also, he seems to be based in Malaysia

[DougLikesBMW]

Originally Posted by ideliver

he is now offering me to bid on it at sedo.co.uk...

I am in the process of following up on radix suggestions...

Let me know how that turns out dude...I will be doing the same thing in a few weeks if the guy doesn't budge.

[bmwmthree]

Originally Posted by ideliver

he is now offering me to bid on it at sedo.co.uk...haha...the minimum bid is $3330

I am in the process of following up on radix suggestions...

also, he seems to be based in Malaysia

Malaysia...wtf

[abisson]

I wished those rules applied in Canada... arggg

[.:bHd:.]

Are you allowed to buy and sell URLs? Let's say a new extension came out called .abc or something, can you buy pepsi.abc and sell it to them? Or is that prohibited?

[Year's_End]

This will answer your question (the answer is no, btw). Short wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting

[Blake]

OP i hope you get that shit. cybersquatting is the nigeria of domains. and i hate nigerians.

[abisson]

Originally Posted by Blake

OP i hope you get that shit. cybersquatting is the nigeria of domains. and i hate nigerians.

LOL.