Comments on: Tamiflu Maker Goes After Swine Flu Domain Names

By: Pubdomains

Pubdomains — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:35:00 +0000

Registering TM domain names is in any case a violation and Roche would win both cases in WIPO easily.

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Wed, 13 May 2009 12:25:45 +0000

[...] are two things which don’t often come up in the same sentence. But as reported over on the domain name wire, some quick thinking individuals have seen profit whilst the rest of us were seeing [...]

By: Ms Domainer

Ms Domainer — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:58:10 +0000

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Look, D, buying generic domains is NOT cybersquatting.

If I buy property for sale on the open market and do not develop it, does that make me a squatter?

Of course not! A squatter is someone who moves into a property that rightfully belongs to someone else.

A cybersquatter moves in and regs a TM ot typo domain, a TM that belongs to someone else. Please keep your definitions straight; domaining done right is a respectable business.

By: Pommy Singh

Pommy Singh — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:27:36 +0000

I agree with others who say that these cases give domaining a bad name, especially in these times. Thats really swimming against the tide of opinion.

I had thought this was a story about generic names being regged, eg http://healthscare.com or http://swineflu.com – oh well…

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:08:54 +0000

@ D – I’m sure most people here would disagree with your definition of cybersquatter.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:07:57 +0000

@George – the difference is Tamiflu is a trademark. Pizza isn’t.

By: george

george — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:01:22 +0000

What’s wrong with speculating on domain names if some one thinks it up and purchases it to resell? People buy things like stocks all the time hoping to sell it for a gain. Examples: pizza.com sold for 2.6 million dollars. I wish I had that one.