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Is b.ing already taken? If not, buy it ASAP!

0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
Where does this land legally now? Could Microsoft go to ICANN and demand you hand it over for the registration fee or is it first come first serve?
- imbusy111 3y ago
  Yes, they can demand you hand it over and you will hand it over.
  - jancsika 3y ago
    Do they have to pay you for it?
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
    Even if Brad Ing bought the domain to host his personal blog?
    - moehm 3y ago
      You may want to read up on the story of Uzi Nissan.
  - spurgu 3y ago
    That's insane to me. Edit: I kind of get it with .com domains, but all TLDs?
    - mywittyname 3y ago
      Pretty much. It is a trademark and holders have to defend against infringements if they want to keep it. You might win in court/arbitration if you have a legitimate reason for owning the domain, but you're going to need deep pockets to pull it off and be willing to put up with the harassment of a company that has infinity money and wants to crush you for sport.
  - rascul 3y ago
    Uzi Nissan didn't hand over his domain.
    - davchana 3y ago
      Yes, because he literally has the word Nissan as his last name.
  - riffic 3y ago
    it's not that simple lol. there's a whole UDRP process they need to jump through. https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/guide/ https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/guide/
- lmkg 3y ago
  MS would do the same thing they already did with wwwbing.com and binf.com: go through the arbitration process to get them repossessed.
- pests 3y ago
  Did everyone forget about the Mike Rowe Soft ordeal? 17 year old Mike Rowe started his own web company and named it MikeRoweSoft.com (on purpose, he knew he was making a pun.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft
  - throwaway447 3y ago
    For a teen it shows some balls. But he basically would have would have gotten trouble in most jurisdictions with this name. You could not run an auction site as ibay.com But you could still use the string in another context. e.g. eBayern (Bayern=Bavaria)
  - expertentipp 3y ago
    > Microsoft declined the offer and sent a cease and desist letter spanning 25 pages This sentence alone increases my adrenaline level. The brainless arrogance of a pack of overpaid lawyers.
notfed 3y ago
Just wait until Microsoft introduces the .oogle top-level domain!
kykeonaut 3y ago
For the incredible and low price of 130K.
rantee 3y ago
You can still grab bl.ing for the promo price of $3,899! (11/1/23 ~3pm ET GoDaddy quote)

Where does this land legally now? Could Microsoft go to ICANN and demand you hand it over for the registration fee or is it first come first serve?

imbusy111 3y ago
Yes, they can demand you hand it over and you will hand it over.
- jancsika 3y ago
  Do they have to pay you for it?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
  Even if Brad Ing bought the domain to host his personal blog?
  - moehm 3y ago
    You may want to read up on the story of Uzi Nissan.
- spurgu 3y ago
  That's insane to me. Edit: I kind of get it with .com domains, but all TLDs?
  - mywittyname 3y ago
    Pretty much. It is a trademark and holders have to defend against infringements if they want to keep it. You might win in court/arbitration if you have a legitimate reason for owning the domain, but you're going to need deep pockets to pull it off and be willing to put up with the harassment of a company that has infinity money and wants to crush you for sport.
- rascul 3y ago
  Uzi Nissan didn't hand over his domain.
  - davchana 3y ago
    Yes, because he literally has the word Nissan as his last name.
- riffic 3y ago
  it's not that simple lol. there's a whole UDRP process they need to jump through. https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/guide/ https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/guide/
lmkg 3y ago
MS would do the same thing they already did with wwwbing.com and binf.com: go through the arbitration process to get them repossessed.
pests 3y ago
Did everyone forget about the Mike Rowe Soft ordeal? 17 year old Mike Rowe started his own web company and named it MikeRoweSoft.com (on purpose, he knew he was making a pun.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft
- throwaway447 3y ago
  For a teen it shows some balls. But he basically would have would have gotten trouble in most jurisdictions with this name. You could not run an auction site as ibay.com But you could still use the string in another context. e.g. eBayern (Bayern=Bavaria)
- expertentipp 3y ago
  > Microsoft declined the offer and sent a cease and desist letter spanning 25 pages This sentence alone increases my adrenaline level. The brainless arrogance of a pack of overpaid lawyers.

notfed 3y ago

Just wait until Microsoft introduces the .oogle top-level domain!

kykeonaut 3y ago

For the incredible and low price of 130K.

rantee 3y ago

You can still grab bl.ing for the promo price of $3,899! (11/1/23 ~3pm ET GoDaddy quote)