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No there isn't. Companies won't pay you money for having cybersquatted on their obvious trademark. You'll lose the domain flat out through UDRP. The best out

No there isn't. Companies won't pay you money for having cybersquatted on their obvious trademark. You'll lose the domain flat out through UDRP. The best outcome that can happen to you if you find yourself in such a situation is that you relinquish the domain name for free and nothing further comes from it.

throwaway373438 6y ago
Arbitration through UDRP is expensive, both in terms of process costs and employee time. A reasonable company would probably pay more than registration costs to avoid it.
- praptak 6y ago
  Not if you take into account that they also want to deter future cybersquatting.
  - throwaway373438 6y ago
    Covering actual costs without significant profit is a deterrent. If it costs $20 to register and you ask for $30 I think you're likely to get it.
- CydeWeys 6y ago
  You're underestimating how much value there is to companies in setting precedent on defending their trademark with an easy and practically guaranteed win. Companies need to proactively defend their trademark when it's being infringed upon or they risk losing it, and this is a really easy way to defend it.
  - znpy 6y ago
    The precedent is already established, you're missing the point: in order to enforce such precedent you have to go to court anyway. And that costs money.
executesorder66 6y ago
Looks like you haven't heard of https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/. They've had the domain for years.
- Hamuko 6y ago
  Sure, if your name is Mike Google, then you might have better chances at keeping your domain. Probably still not good chances to profit off of it.
  - xenonite 6y ago
    Now this a valid reason to give your kid the surname of a brand. To get rich quick. Too bad that this also limits employment options in the long run (can you imagine Google to work for Amazon?)
    - eloisant 6y ago
      Except having the name is not enough, you also need to have used it in business already. Happens all the time, as many brand names come from family names and the founder isn't the only person bearing that name.
      - Hamuko 6y ago
        >you also need to have used it in business already. What is this based on? Because surely I have the right to own mylastname.suffix without being a business even if someone decides to make a business that bears my family name.
    - debian3 6y ago
      It remember me the story of Mike Rowe who named his company Mike Rowe Soft. Here the details: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft
    - dirtnugget 6y ago
      If it were your middle name then you could have the option to omit when needed.

throwaway373438 6y ago

Arbitration through UDRP is expensive, both in terms of process costs and employee time. A reasonable company would probably pay more than registration costs to avoid it.

praptak 6y ago
Not if you take into account that they also want to deter future cybersquatting.
- throwaway373438 6y ago
  Covering actual costs without significant profit is a deterrent. If it costs $20 to register and you ask for $30 I think you're likely to get it.
CydeWeys 6y ago
You're underestimating how much value there is to companies in setting precedent on defending their trademark with an easy and practically guaranteed win. Companies need to proactively defend their trademark when it's being infringed upon or they risk losing it, and this is a really easy way to defend it.
- znpy 6y ago
  The precedent is already established, you're missing the point: in order to enforce such precedent you have to go to court anyway. And that costs money.

executesorder66 6y ago

Looks like you haven't heard of https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/. They've had the domain for years.

Hamuko 6y ago
Sure, if your name is Mike Google, then you might have better chances at keeping your domain. Probably still not good chances to profit off of it.
- xenonite 6y ago
  Now this a valid reason to give your kid the surname of a brand. To get rich quick. Too bad that this also limits employment options in the long run (can you imagine Google to work for Amazon?)
  - eloisant 6y ago
    Except having the name is not enough, you also need to have used it in business already. Happens all the time, as many brand names come from family names and the founder isn't the only person bearing that name.
    - Hamuko 6y ago
      >you also need to have used it in business already. What is this based on? Because surely I have the right to own mylastname.suffix without being a business even if someone decides to make a business that bears my family name.
  - debian3 6y ago
    It remember me the story of Mike Rowe who named his company Mike Rowe Soft. Here the details: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft
  - dirtnugget 6y ago
    If it were your middle name then you could have the option to omit when needed.