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"holding company with a PO box in the cayman islands (how shady can you get)" Not shady at all. "surprisingly, the holding company responded to the dispute wi
by larrys 15y ago
"holding company with a PO box in the cayman islands (how shady can you get)"
Not shady at all.
"surprisingly, the holding company responded to the dispute with lawyers"
They responded because they own many names. And they can't afford to have a loss which could be held against them. Superblock.com is a decent domain so that's a reason right there to defend.
You could have checked history also by looking at whether they had defended other UDRP filings to determine your strategy.
Here is one case they one and one they lost. They selected the same panelist (you can choose panelists) that ruled for them in the previous case. In this case the opposite happened! (I would have never chosen the same panelist btw.)
http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/849009 http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/849009
http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/267475 http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/267475
"they never responded to any inquiries about buying the domain"
Did you write to them as "superblock.net" or from another address? Common mistake to write as someone who has rights to the name. That will completely spook them because the way this thing goes it can be used against you.
- there 15y agoDid you write to them as "superblock.net" or from another address? Common mistake to write as someone who has rights to the name. That will completely spook them because the way this thing goes it can be used against you. my emails were always from another address, if only because i didn't want them to know what i'd be using the domain for and possibly raise the asking price.
- larrys 15y agoThat's good. But another reason a domain owner won't respond is because they don't think a particular buyer is legitimate enough to offer a price that they will sell for. So they start with a little friction and see what happens. Additionally if you were a big fish buyer, you would also follow a certain pattern if initially rebuffed. All this depends on the domain and the situation of course. If a large company wants your name they could start out any number of ways. But eventually they will throw a decent offer on the table to let you know they are serious. Obviously everything is for sale at the right price.
- gcb 15y agoI hate squatters just like the next guy, but target taking over target.org is just wrong. They are purely a commercial institution. Stay in .com and be quiet.