Hugo Monteiro [[email protected]] wrote:
> Did you know that for you to file a complaint in an approved provider for
> Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, such as the World
> Intellectual Property Organization, in the case you're filing a number of
> 1 to 5 domain disputes, which is associated to the lowest fee, you will
> have to pay US$1500?
Yes, I am aware of the fees. If you have enough money to register trademarks, or a business need to have trademarks in the first place, then this amount of money is small peanuts. Blame ICANN for perpetuating the TM tax by rolling out a thousand and fifty new domain extensions... They need to fund their meetings in top Paris hotels and such, you know.
> Cheaper to just bend over, pay the squatter that has just turned "your"
> expired domain into an "amazing search engine" or has a banner stating
> that the domain is for sale for a sum that usually goes from $150 to $200,
> at best, and say thank you in the end.
If you have a trademark and run a business on a trademarked domain name, then you'd be pretty lazy and I'd say downright negligent to just let it expire. Especially since you can renew domains up to 10 years out and that would only run you $70 to $100. Darwin just popped into my mind, for some odd reason...
> True that it might work for a corporation, but what about the rest of us
> mortals? It completely beats the purpose of having access to cheap (<$10)
> new domains on registrars.
What completely beats the purpose? Are you upset because you were too lazy to renew your trademarked domain? Or are you upset that there aren't any good generic domains left for you to register at $10 a pop because people have hoarded all them for resale? Which is it?
Sounds like a case of sour grapes to me.
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mike
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