Reminded me of a time when I was hired as a National Sales Manager by a Japanese company. One of the first things I noticed (and this was 15+ years ago) was that their US domain was a .net domain.
It turned out that someone cybersquatted on the .com domain, since the company only initially registered a .jp domain (.jp = Japan), and he was asking them for over a million dollars for the name (an offer they seriously considered at one point).
I went ahead and contacted the guy, not telling him I was with the Japanese company, and I was able to purchase the domain for $5,000 (using company money), which instantly made me a hero to my employer.
ADG