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It doesn't look like he was CyberSquatting to me. I hope it resolves in his favor. If the person bringing the suit should win it would set a bad precedent for a
by jebblue 11y ago
It doesn't look like he was CyberSquatting to me. I hope it resolves in his favor. If the person bringing the suit should win it would set a bad precedent for all Internet business.
- sfeather 11y agoThe key take away is the part of the plaintiff's filing that seems to want to redefine 'register' to include 'renew'.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoWhich is going to look ridiculous as soon as it hits court, because there's clear precedent for the standard meaning - sixteen years of it. Team Harsh are probably hoping for an internet-ignorant judge. I wouldn't want to bet on their likely success with that gambit.
- marcosdumay 11y agoMost of the problem is that he'll have to go into a foreign court just to keep a domain he had for ages.
- spitfire 11y agoThat's going to be an interesting conversation. "Mr.Mehta when was your business started?" "2003". "And when was the domain in question registered." ".... uh, 1999". "Are you sure you want to proceed?".
- therobot24 11y agoIt's almost textbook bullying. According to the attached pdfs, Kneen has only sold 2 domains in the last 11 years. He'd have to be a really shitty cybersquatter to pull off those numbers.
- MrSourz 11y agoI agree with you. The best part of the article was the two legal documents. Fascinating stuff and good to know about.