Addidas.com - Again!

**draggar** · 02-25-2008, 12:15 PM

They should. $10 a year is much better than $1500 for the cliam. 150 domains will pay for themselves.

**Acro** · 02-25-2008, 12:21 PM

Corporations have lawyers on board. $1500 is peanuts. Again, think outside the box. Corporate logic is not "common sense".

At any rate, it'll be interesting to see a) who grabs the name Addidas.com and wastes a few grand b) how quickly the UDRP is filed.

**katherine** · 02-25-2008, 01:48 PM

Is Addidas in liquidation or what. If I were in the management there heads would be rolling. They are going to outdo microsoft

**ARMG** · 02-25-2008, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Acroplex

I still renew it every year, pointing it to the .com.

And why do you do that?

**Mr. Deleted** · 02-25-2008, 07:54 PM

Wierd. If I had the name, I would renew it for 10 years before the wipo was filed, as it appears as if they don't do anything with the name like change dns. Just one of those stupid tech companies... Some people don't believe in pointing the typos to the real URL. They think it will hurt their branding.

**dvdrip** · 02-26-2008, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by Acroplex

I think that you assume their IP/web department views the domaining world the way we do. Back in 2003 I registered the .net of a major microprocessor manufacturer (it had dropped) and offered it to them for free. The person in charge of the IP department thanked me and...nothing happened since. I still renew it every year, pointing it to the .com.

I offered the .info version of a very big worldwide charity. They said they will think if they need it. They didn't want the domain after all...

**Acro** · 02-26-2008, 09:12 AM

To get past the corporate shield you need to bypass the HR department and go directly to the VP of business development. Avoid the IT dpt as well. Or talk to the legal team.

But then again, some corporations view such donations with an indifferent eye. Oh well.