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mind to tell us the domain name?
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well it's better not to choose a domain name that contains big company's name or big brand name, it's not worth the risk.
glad to know that ur clear from the trouble now ^_^ |
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I don't think they can sue you though, because United States federal laws does not apply in Malaysia. You'll have to come to the US before they can bring you to court
And the lawyer knows that but he's just trying to intimidate you. If I were you, I'll ignore the letter and just keep the money. I'll explain the situation to them and it's up to them to pursue the new owner. Last edited by KevinSpacey; 21-04-2005 at 09:05 PM. |
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I just can't play with the legal thingy.
Not taking a risk to play with law, especially with US. Everyday we saw, Yahoo! sue Google, Real Networks sue Microsoft, and it becomes trends. Even individual can be caught for downloading music. How big I am to fight big boys? Could I afford to pay $100,000 US Dollars? If the answer is no, just make it to loose $20, rather than $100,00. FYI, the case hasn't over yet. Dell still not initiated my transfer yet. |
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Ok, it's always good for you to play safe.
But I am just letting you know that, US laws doesn't apply in Malaysia. Have you heard Dell US, or other US companies sue people from China, Russia, Spain? It's Dell USA you are having problem with because you joined their affiliate program, not Dell Malaysia. There's no such laws (domain name related copyright infringement) exist in Malaysia yet. Cyber laws in Malaysia is still in its infancy which is not very good if you are looking for justice in that area. Quote:
You know why the majority of spammers moving outside of the US? Because US laws can't touch them. There was once, a company in the US sending out cease and desist letters to webmasters who have one particular word in their domain name by claiming copyright infringement. One of my websites happened to be one of those websites using that word in that domain name. Despite of the popularity of my website compare to some others, I didn't get that letter because they know they can't do anything about it. Anyway, just do what makes you feel happy. ![]() |
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One time, I built a website about swiss army ... so, I wanted to register SwissArmySomething.com ... or Swiss-Army-Something.com ... but I think Swiss Army is a registered trademark. But I settled for SAsomething rather than having swiss army in the domain.
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I think the most important thing is for us to realize the purpose of registering such domain name. If the purpose is not to compete with that company or our website is about something else then I think we should not worry too much about it.
Take for example BBC.com, this domain was first owned by a company in the US and BBC as in the British Broadcasting Corporation couldn't sue that company for "trademark infringement, dilution and unfair competition". The domain was registered in 1987 long before BBC got on the Internet. The US company had valid reasons to use that domain name (short for Boston Business Computing) and BBC can't sue company because they are not based there. It was speculated that BBC offered to buy BBC.com for USD850,000 from the original owner in 1999. So that's how BBC got hold of the domain BBC.com, not through court process but by offering the owner big money. In my case, my domain contains a generic keyword and somehow a company in the US bought the trademark for that word and start sending letters to webmaster. |
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And you might getting right by receiving a compensation?
: ) Very good info Kevin. In Malaysia, it's not exposed in media. Only recently, the IP advertisement shown on TV. http://www.mipc.gov.my/ |
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There was a guy who bought amazon.<countrycode> and try to sell amazon for millions. Then sued by amazon. Amazon paid him $14.65 and got the domain name. Case close
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