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This has been my understanding. I was told by lawyer in in th 90's that it would be described as squatting in court.

pixl97 2mo ago
Be a big company. Look for interesting sounding domain names that are owned but not being used by individuals. Create a product with the same name. Sue the person with the domain name and take it from them. Win, because you're big.
- detourdog 2mo ago
  Fortunately my DNS entry starts in 1996 and would be covered by the first clause. BigCos claims would need to predate 1996 for my domain to be seized.
  - iwontberude 2mo ago
    Yeah but you still have to hire attorneys so for some people they will just settle and take any offer
    - markdown 2mo ago
      Why do you need to hire attorneys? Is that a legal requirement?
      - iwontberude 2mo ago
        [dead]
- delfinom 2mo ago
  https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/ Archive.org it to see little man beating big corporation
  - crossroadsguy 2mo ago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20040403145823/http://www.nissan.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20040403145823/http://www.nissan... at least this one says > In compliance with a ruling issued by the United States District Court in Los Angeles on November 14, 2002, in the lawsuit of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corporation, this web site has been converted to non-commercial use. And then this https://web.archive.org/web/20050701005403/http://www.nissan.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050701005403/http://www.nissan... says: > Nissan Motor is suing Nissan Computer (named after its founder and current President, Mr. Uzi Nissan) for Trademark Infringement, Trademark Dilution and CyberSquatting, seeking 10 Million Dollars in damages Besides this also indicate not so "little man".
  - robin_reala 2mo ago
    I was going to say that at least Nissan own z.com, but it seems like my info is out of date: they sold in in 2014 for $6.8M. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMO_Internet#Z.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMO_Internet#Z.com
  - rootsudo 2mo ago
    Wow, he passed away. I can’t believe it’s been a while too.
  - somat 2mo ago
    Remember the Mike Rowe Software incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikeRoweSoft.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikeRoweSoft.com

Be a big company. Look for interesting sounding domain names that are owned but not being used by individuals. Create a product with the same name. Sue the person with the domain name and take it from them. Win, because you're big.

detourdog 2mo ago
Fortunately my DNS entry starts in 1996 and would be covered by the first clause. BigCos claims would need to predate 1996 for my domain to be seized.
- iwontberude 2mo ago
  Yeah but you still have to hire attorneys so for some people they will just settle and take any offer
  - markdown 2mo ago
    Why do you need to hire attorneys? Is that a legal requirement?
    - iwontberude 2mo ago
      [dead]
delfinom 2mo ago
https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/ Archive.org it to see little man beating big corporation
- crossroadsguy 2mo ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20040403145823/http://www.nissan.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20040403145823/http://www.nissan... at least this one says > In compliance with a ruling issued by the United States District Court in Los Angeles on November 14, 2002, in the lawsuit of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corporation, this web site has been converted to non-commercial use. And then this https://web.archive.org/web/20050701005403/http://www.nissan.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050701005403/http://www.nissan... says: > Nissan Motor is suing Nissan Computer (named after its founder and current President, Mr. Uzi Nissan) for Trademark Infringement, Trademark Dilution and CyberSquatting, seeking 10 Million Dollars in damages Besides this also indicate not so "little man".
- robin_reala 2mo ago
  I was going to say that at least Nissan own z.com, but it seems like my info is out of date: they sold in in 2014 for $6.8M. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMO_Internet#Z.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMO_Internet#Z.com
- rootsudo 2mo ago
  Wow, he passed away. I can’t believe it’s been a while too.
- somat 2mo ago
  Remember the Mike Rowe Software incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikeRoweSoft.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikeRoweSoft.com