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Originally Posted by WarChild
I sort of doubt the trademark in Hungary predates the US one.
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...07:eds6u9.5.17
Filing Date December 15, 2006
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1B;44D
Published for Opposition September 25, 2007
Registration Number 3350922
Registration Date December 11, 2007
Owner (REGISTRANT) Carsed Marketing Inc. CORPORATION BAHAMAS P.O. Box AP59223 Slot 378 Nassau BAHAMAS |
It doesn't have to, only the domain registration does. If the domain was registered before that trademark was filed, this is a case of reverse hijacking, plain and simple.
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Originally Posted by Cyandin
If someone buys a domain, it's theirs - period. If a company is not smart enough to buy all variants of their domain up, or names that appear similar, then it's on them.
The arguments to the contrary are mostly those of big companies trying to bully the little guys out of good domain names.
I say it again - If you go to a registrar and they sell you an available domain, then it's yours incontrovertibly. The big guys can then suck it up and pay the new owner for it if they want it so bad.
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One only needs to look at WIPO case history to see that you really don't know what the fuck you are talking about.