Mercury Interactive buys mercury.com domain name for $1.1m - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**companyone** · 03-11-2004, 02:13 PM

Mercury Interactive buys mercury.com domain name for $1.1m

Mercury Interactive paid $700,000 in cash, plus $400,000 in equipment, services, and technical support.

http://new.globes.co.il/serveen/glob...779282&fid=942

Dan

**stuff** · 03-11-2004, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by companyone

Mercury Interactive buys mercury.com domain name for $1.1m

Mercury Interactive paid $700,000 in cash, plus $400,000 in equipment, services, and technical support.

http://new.globes.co.il/serveen/glob...779282&fid=942

Dan

The basic cost of a domain name is about $90.

**Garry Anderson** · 03-11-2004, 03:01 PM

Selling a registered trademark - sounds like they haggled over the price - obviously cybersquatters.

They should have taken it corrupt WIPO UDRP - they could have got it for a couple of grand ;-)

**RMF** · 03-11-2004, 04:22 PM

Mercury is a generic word. I don't think they would have won at wipo. Many companies use Mercury in its name. Another big company that comes to mind is Mercury Marine.

RMF

**Garry Anderson** · 03-12-2004, 02:16 AM

RMF> I don't think they would have won at wipo.

SO - WIPO do not take words and initials (that can LAWFULLY be used by MANY others) away from their legal owner?

I suggest you read WIPO decisions.

**RMF** · 03-12-2004, 05:21 AM

I know it happens. I just don't think they would win with this domain.

RMF

**Garry Anderson** · 03-12-2004, 05:38 AM

I suggest you read nhn.com thread in Legal forum:

As is quite usual - the defendant tried to prevent NHN Corporation overreaching mark by changing use of the domain.

The defendant was doing nothing illegal with the domain.

Even Dan said, "Would I have ruled against them if I were a panelist? Probably not, as the intials have inherent legitimate uses up the wazoo."

This is the *absolute crux* of the matter.

The Complainant KNEW that "the intials have inherent legitimate uses up the wazoo".

They even offered $50,000 for the Domain Name.

That did not work - so they then tried corrupt UN WIPO's UDRP - and succeeded.

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.ph...583#post340583

Some intelligent people on the forum have trouble in understanding what the *absolute crux* is ;-)