Do i have legitimate interest if i own shares in a company?

[Sole Designer]

I see a domain which has expired and is coming close to auction end and its the ME extension of a company i own stocks with. I will use Apple as an example.

Apple.me is available since it expired a month ago. I own shares in the Apple stock which means i own a part of the company. I actually plan to use the domain for a blog type site where i review all my apple products whether good or bad. Im not going to bid against other people to spend a ridiculous amount of money to get this name if im just going to lose it doing somethign Stupid with it.

Is my use legitimate use per the udrp guidelines and does owning a part of the company provide a stronger grounds for good faith?

any advice is appreciated.

[biggedon]

do the lawyers at this company know that you own part of it?


can you hire and fire at this company?


are you listed as one of the owners of record, for this company?

[Sole Designer]

No i am just an investor in the company on the stock market. Thats how much i like the company and i see this name come up and i want to create a review blog of their products i use that they know i purchased.

[Cartoonz]

I think what he was trying to say is:

No, you do not.

[Gerry]

I think what he was trying to say is:

No, you do not.

I would have to 100% agree with this (and what biggie is inferring).

Owning stock in a company is not carte blanche to abuse or game the system.

Loosely defining legitimate interest as in "invested interest"? It would almost be the complete opposite...as a vested interest shareholder, you would not want yous investment diluted with names and products that are not legit. On the contrary, perhaps you would be reporting the violation of to protect your interest.