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<blockquote data-quote="Village Idiot" data-source="post: 598369" data-attributes="member: 29446"><p>I think at least on ruling shows that if you purchase the name with the intent to make a profit based on another company, then you don't have a right to it and it can be awarded to the company who's name it is. It's goofy to me, but I guess it's fair.</p><p></p><p>Like with Vista.com</p><p></p><p>It is/was a domain for a business. Windows could not legally usurp the name since Vista.com has been around for a while and they're using it for their business. If Vista.com would have been bought just to be sold to Microsoft, then it would be another story.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, companies will still try and take a domain regardless. There was the problem with something like nissan.com where a japanese business man had been running the domain for his computer business and his computer business had been around since before Nissan was Nissan and since it was Datsun. Nissan sued the japanese man and I believe at the last look, there was an injunction against the domain where the original purchaser couldn't use it, but it had not been awarded to Nissan.</p><p></p><p>It's all really screwy...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Village Idiot, post: 598369, member: 29446"] I think at least on ruling shows that if you purchase the name with the intent to make a profit based on another company, then you don't have a right to it and it can be awarded to the company who's name it is. It's goofy to me, but I guess it's fair. Like with Vista.com It is/was a domain for a business. Windows could not legally usurp the name since Vista.com has been around for a while and they're using it for their business. If Vista.com would have been bought just to be sold to Microsoft, then it would be another story. Don't get me wrong, companies will still try and take a domain regardless. There was the problem with something like nissan.com where a japanese business man had been running the domain for his computer business and his computer business had been around since before Nissan was Nissan and since it was Datsun. Nissan sued the japanese man and I believe at the last look, there was an injunction against the domain where the original purchaser couldn't use it, but it had not been awarded to Nissan. It's all really screwy... [/QUOTE]
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