closed Appraisal: www.jumptheshark.info

[kevg77]

jumptheshark.com just sold for over a million dollars.
not much traffic here yet
what do you think it's worth?

 

[Slipxaway]

jumptheshark.com just sold for over a million dollars? Where do you get this information? Go to the site... I wouldn't pay $100 for it.

 

[nrmillions]

the site was bought out by Gemstar-TV guide. The problem is that it is a registered TM and they own just about all the other extensions so they should be coming after you soon. Call your lawyer.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/new_media/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002726230

 

[kevg77]

You need to protect your business/product's name

If you want to brand and protect your name, we recommend that you at least register the .net version. If you are an organization, we would also register the .org as well. This does several things. It brands your site and prevents others from copying your site and calling it yourdomain.net or yourdomain.org. Some nasty souls may even use these names for unethical purposes or sites that promote pornography. That will do great damage to your business or image of your organization. You do not want to be found in such awkward situation.

I would have to try to offer it to jumpthesh rk.com people or try to copy the site to break any domain laws from what I can find on the net about this subject. Otherwise why would a business buy all the .com .net .orgs for themselves. They should just wait for someone else to register it and then take it from them? Just because you trademark 3 regularly used words, doesnt give you the right to own all the .net, .org, .ifo names.

 

[FilthyVentures]

You need to protect your business/product's name

If you want to brand and protect your name, we recommend that you at least register the .net version. If you are an organization, we would also register the .org as well. This does several things. It brands your site and prevents others from copying your site and calling it yourdomain.net or yourdomain.org. Some nasty souls may even use these names for unethical purposes or sites that promote pornography. That will do great damage to your business or image of your organization. You do not want to be found in such awkward situation.

I would have to try to offer it to jumpthesh rk.com people or try to copy the site to break any domain laws from what I can find on the net about this subject. Otherwise why would a business buy all the .com .net .orgs for themselves. They should just wait for someone else to register it and then take it from them? Just because you trademark 3 regularly used words, doesnt give you the right to own all the .net, .org, .ifo names.

Not true at all!

Them having it TM'd does give them rights to all names and they will legally take it.
Myspace.com trademarked 2 regular words "my" and "space" and they do have every right in the world to take any domain with "myspace" in it no matter what ext it is.

Why should they wait for someone else to reg it and then take it from them? Doing so incurs them thousands of dollars in possible legal fees to take you to court. In most cases they will send you a C&D letter as well to where you registered it and they will take it from you and transfer it to them.

You can offer it to them for $0 because that is what it is worth to anybody but them.

 

[namestrands]

a trademark does not give you exclusive rights to a domain name unless you trademark the domain name itself.

The domain name industry is built on first come first serve basis.

A Trademark holder still has to prove in a court of law or via arbitration that the domain is being used in bad faith and that it is being used in a manner likely to cause confusion or they can prove that it is diluting their trademark.

Also Domain Registrars have to follow ICANN regulations so they will not transfer it to the Trademark owner just because they get a C&D. The Registrar will suspend the domain until a court or a UDRP states that the domain should be transferred to the Trademark Holder.

A domainer can claim fair use.

Not true at all!

Them having it TM'd does give them rights to all names and they will legally take it.
Myspace.com trademarked 2 regular words "my" and "space" and they do have every right in the world to take any domain with "myspace" in it no matter what ext it is.

Why should they wait for someone else to reg it and then take it from them? Doing so incurs them thousands of dollars in possible legal fees to take you to court. In most cases they will send you a C&D letter as well to where you registered it and they will take it from you and transfer it to them.

You can offer it to them for $0 because that is what it is worth to anybody but them.

 

[nrmillions]

You dont have to show bad faith to have it taken away. That is the full name of the business and it is trademarked by a billion dollar corporation. It was bought after the news of the $1 million sale and then posted in a forum asking what its worth and comparing it to the .com. That is bad faith right there anyway. If you owned microsoft.info it wouldnt matter what you were using it for or if it was in bad faith, they have the right to their name. It is also parked and has advertisements on it generating revenue off their trademarked name so that is bad faith too.

 

[Slipxaway]

I did do some research on this sale. No where could I find a price, the seller just said he received a fair price. The sale really had nothing to do with the domain name itself, it was based on the content of the site and a deal to have that content and the original owner appear on the TV Guide channel (or something similar) spouting out the typical useless crap they talk about on there.

Regardless, your domain is worthless. Because even if they dont take it, I can't see you getting any traffic in the .info extension. Even if someone were to watch the TV Guide channel, do you really think they're gonna hop online to look up some website that showcases people's opinions of when certain shows started going in the crapper? And then accidentally type that in with a .info ext?

 

[namestrands]

You dont have to show bad faith to have it taken away. That is the full name of the business and it is trademarked by a billion dollar corporation. It was bought after the news of the $1 million sale and then posted in a forum asking what its worth and comparing it to the .com. That is bad faith right there anyway. If you owned microsoft.info it wouldnt matter what you were using it for or if it was in bad faith, they have the right to their name. It is also parked and has advertisements on it generating revenue off their trademarked name so that is bad faith too.

Asking how much a domain is worth is not Bad Faith.

And your analogy about micorsoft.info. Microsoft would still have to take you to court and convince a judge or arbitration panel that they have more rights to the domain than you do.

Regardless of whether or not a domain is being used in bad faith is up to a court to decide. Microsoft could not just take the name nor would a registrar give them the name without a court order or notice from a successful UDRP.

Of course you would lose but thats not the point, you do have a chance to defend your reasoning behind the registration