for instance, say you have a friend named john smith who tells you that he is going to buy http://www.johnsmith.com . Well you go and buy the name before he does and try to sell it for 50,000 dollars back to him. he can sue you because his name is john smith and he has a valid claim to that name. you however, being bob somebody, do not have a valid claim to that name and would likely lose the case.
just be aware that buying a name out from under a business can get you involved in a lawsuit you probably wont win. precedent was set long ago in many many cases. Coca-Cola is probably the most noteable.
Yes, it can. However, you should be careful about your intentions of selling the name. The US government has laws against cybersquating. For example, the domain name that you register should be for a company or site that is not currently in use. For example, if you register http://www.ibm.com before ibm actually did it, then you are cybersquating. The company existed before the domain might, so you are basically trying to make money off of the sale of the domain to ibm. The government will step in and take the domain from you and offer it to ibm. The only way to circumvent this is your site actually has a functional website on it. Using the example of http://www.ibm.com, you have to have some functional use and reason for your registration of http://www.ibm.com in order for you to receive payment from ibm for the domain. If you only have the domain and nothing else, then you will lose your rights to it.
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June 1st, 2008 at 4:08 am
Yes, but you should put something on the name to say it is for sale.
June 1st, 2008 at 4:08 am
yes you can put it http://www.domainsaleworld.com or smth like this… they put the informatin for u
June 1st, 2008 at 4:08 am
yes, but you can be sued for rights to the name.
for instance, say you have a friend named john smith who tells you that he is going to buy http://www.johnsmith.com . Well you go and buy the name before he does and try to sell it for 50,000 dollars back to him. he can sue you because his name is john smith and he has a valid claim to that name. you however, being bob somebody, do not have a valid claim to that name and would likely lose the case.
just be aware that buying a name out from under a business can get you involved in a lawsuit you probably wont win. precedent was set long ago in many many cases. Coca-Cola is probably the most noteable.
June 1st, 2008 at 4:08 am
Yes, it can. However, you should be careful about your intentions of selling the name. The US government has laws against cybersquating. For example, the domain name that you register should be for a company or site that is not currently in use. For example, if you register http://www.ibm.com before ibm actually did it, then you are cybersquating. The company existed before the domain might, so you are basically trying to make money off of the sale of the domain to ibm. The government will step in and take the domain from you and offer it to ibm. The only way to circumvent this is your site actually has a functional website on it. Using the example of http://www.ibm.com, you have to have some functional use and reason for your registration of http://www.ibm.com in order for you to receive payment from ibm for the domain. If you only have the domain and nothing else, then you will lose your rights to it.
November 11th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
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