Comments on: American Express Wants .Me Domain, Samsung Goes After ccTLDs

By: chandan

chandan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:46 +0000

companies should be fined too for neglecting in sunrise periods

By: Marg

Marg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:17:58 +0000

I continue to be amazed at the companies like American Express who think it’s good business practice to ignore the sunrise period of any domain extension, and then go after the TM domain later in a UDRP! What’s the minimum for a UDRP filing? More expensive than registering it in the first place I’m sure.

On the other hand, why be surprised at Amercian Express who were so asleep at the switch over their “Black Card” credit card. They have a high-end Centurion Card (colloquially well-known as the “Black Card”). They weren’t just asleep with this one, they were in a coma, as they allowed Visa to TM the name “Black Card” and acquire the domain BlackCard.com! All legal, as Amex had never bothered to TM “Black Card” themselves…

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:26 +0000

@ EM - here are the details of the .co relaunch.

By: EM @ KING.NET

EM @ KING.NET — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:19:15 +0000

@ Andrew
When is the relaunch of .co?

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:12:20 +0000

@ Rob L – .co is doing something like that with its relaunch. There will be a global trademark list that can’t be registered by anyone other than the owner. I expect some of the new TLDs to do the same thing.

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:11 +0000

Registering trademarked domains is DUMB and bad for the entire domaining industry.

Individuals are responsible for their actions and should lose the domains to the TM holders.

However, registrars should be liable for profiting from the violations in the first place. Wouldn’t it save a lot of time and money if they simply denied the registration of obvious violations. I realize that the TM’s are probably not recognized in countries outside of the jurisdiction where companies hold the marks but it can be stopped by the registries, right?