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Old 02-14-2007, 04:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
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rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/d...2006-1394.html

I wonder what motivates some companies to pursue their perceived rights in such an aggressive way.
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Old 02-14-2007, 04:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

Amazing.

Obviously what motivates them is they simply think they deserve it and therefore it should be theirs. That is their perception.
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Old 02-14-2007, 05:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

Jesus, Ralph Lauren are friggin' w*nkers!
They do some great clothes but what arrogant twats?
What sort of advice were they listening to when they took it on?, ridiculous.
They've surely got unlimited funds if they really want. IF it was for sale, the price tag would now be $15,000,000 to Ralph Lauren Considerably less to anyone else
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

I hope they never get it ever.
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

Unbelievable. And it sounds like they almost got it.
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Old 02-14-2007, 06:26 AM   #6 (permalink)
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What sort of advice were they listening to when they took it on
The advice of their corporate law firm whom I am sure still got paid even though they brought forth a totally bogus claim.

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Old 02-14-2007, 06:32 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

next, Coca Cola can claim CC.com.
on an unrelated note,
Yahoo has a Y.com TM, so they can claim it also
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next, Coca Cola can claim CC.com.
on an unrelated note,
Yahoo has a Y.com TM, so they can claim it also
Blimey! Have they really Beachie?
That's scandalous if they have. How can you tm something that doesn't exist yet? I know there are plans in the future to auction the single character .coms off. Surely they could be discredited in the same way some were for tm'ing diamonds.mobi etc
Some obviously slipped through the net. I suppose we all know Yahoo with their clout & no doubt close friends on the ICANN board they'll acquire it. It stinks.
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Filing Date August 22, 2005
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition October 24, 2006
Owner (APPLICANT) Yahoo! Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale CALIFORNIA 94089
I'm pretty sure other one-letter.com TM's exist

two TM's for G.com....

three for a.com
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

Pred, that's daniel not beachie...but with those robot avatars and mysterious "bender" terms who can really tell anymore? lol
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

It looks very similar to the recent case of LV.COM (Louis Vuitton)

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next, Coca Cola can claim CC.com.
on an unrelated note,
Yahoo has a Y.com TM, so they can claim it also
My guess is, Yahoo wants to get an edge with their TM for the day 1-letter .com are released (if they are ever released of course). They must be hoping for a .eu-like scenario
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Old 02-14-2007, 09:31 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

That's it, I am taking TD Waterhouse to a WIPO over the domain of my initials, TD.com
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

My initials are PC, maybe I can get PC.com from Intel.
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

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As of August 9, 2006, the disputed domain name <rl.com> directed Internet users to a home page headed “RL/RL.COM”. The first subheadings under the title of the homepage were “RL” and “Ralph Lauren”. The “Site Menu” then offered links to “Instant Loans”, “Realestate”, Easy Loans, and tenth on a list of 12, “Fashion Design”. Under a subheading “RL” was listed “Cheap Airfare, “Vacations”, “New Cars”, “Car Quotes” and “Jewelry”. (Complaint, Exhibit 5.)
What I don't get, and please correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the title of the domain on a parking page created by the domain holder? What I am talking about is the "Ralph Lauren" part of the above description. Or is it automatically generated b the parking page? I honestly thought it was setup by the domain holder, and if that was the case, I would have harped all over that. I know the links are generated by the parking, but I didn't think the title was.
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Re: rl.com transfer (to ralph lauren) denied

Just because the domain owner won does not mean this problem is over.

"R L" can take it to federal court which will cost the owner $ xxx,xxx to
defend his position. And, it will drag on for years.

Plus, "R L" can take it back to WIPO as many times as they want until the
domain owner makes a mistake. Or, they get a sympathic judge.

The smartest thing he could do is develop the site and attempt to TM it.

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but isn't the title of the domain on a parking page created by the domain holder? What I am talking about is the "Ralph Lauren" part of the above description. Or is it automatically generated b the parking page? I honestly thought it was setup by the domain holder, and if that was the case, I would have harped all over that. I know the links are generated by the parking, but I didn't think the title was.
They might be referencing the keywords below the domain name.
That is automatically generated if keywords were not manually submitted.

See www.RL.com
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What I don't get, and please correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the title of the domain on a parking page created by the domain holder? What I am talking about is the "Ralph Lauren" part of the above description. Or is it automatically generated b the parking page? I honestly thought it was setup by the domain holder, and if that was the case, I would have harped all over that. I know the links are generated by the parking, but I didn't think the title was.
The title is indeed generated by the keywords, e.g. Sedo does that. A solution is to frame the content, use your own title, keywords etc.
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