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Originally Posted by Robbie
Correct me if I'm wrong...but to protect my trademark, all I really need to do is get in touch with the registrar and have the domain handed over to me. No need to sue anybody. It's the dumbass that buys the domain name in the first place who loses the domain.
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If someone is infringing on your trademark you need to open a case with ICAAN and it gets sent to arbitration. Last I checked it cost roughly $1600 to file a claim plus legal fee's.
I have never opened a case with ICAAN but have been on the receiving end when two very large adult companies came after me for domains, both cases I won and didn't cost me a penny. The companies who held the trademark had to pay ICAAN and their lawyers.
With that said I didn't go and buy the exact name, it wasn't far off and did include their name in the url.