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I get why you would want some protections built in. If I registered Google.co.uk, and I don't have any legal basis on why I should own said domain, that domain

I get why you would want some protections built in. If I registered Google.co.uk, and I don't have any legal basis on why I should own said domain, that domain should be transferrable to a valid trademark owner. But if I'm called James Nissan, and I manage to register Nissan.com, then I shouldn't be forced to hand it over to Nissan the company. But they can buy it, sure.

dghughes 9y ago
Even the word Google had a rough beginning since the words Googol and Googolplex are trademarked/copyrighted(?). They were invented by mathematician Edward Kasner who fought to prevent Google from using a very similar word.