closed HarryPotter.ae

[Wot]

The new tld of the UAE, they switched from .co.ae six months ago with a disclaimer that if your company name etc was not registered within that time then it basically was your problem and you would have no recourse if somebody else registered it, of course I have a copy of that disclaimer!

That period has now passed.

Anyway, I like the name- and it is very well known in every country in the world.

 

[dot]

hmm.. nice name.. but there are abvious TM problems.

where did you register it?

 

[KRL]

nice name, but you'll encounter legal problems regardless of what the uae says.

 

[Wot]

Originally posted by KRL
nice name, but you'll encounter legal problems regardless of what the uae says.

A name registered with an Arab registrar and an owner resident in Thailand facing a TM problem with a UK/usa based entity, and and a disclaimer that I know is effective ( I have a very well known company name that they would like and cannot have)!, let me think about that one? Is there not some bad blood between the Arabs and and the UK/USA? Some conflict over oil with one of their Arab brothers I believe.

Nope, I remain confident.

www.uaenic.ae

There are some names that appear to be available, sex,porn,casino etc but under Shia law thay cannot be used so you cannot get them.

 

[Whois-Search]

TM problem even in that country

 

[Steen]

didnt know there was a .ae


Whats the .world coming to?

 

[Ed30]

Trouble is there are probably no harry potter fans in the UAE so its a dead duck tm issue or no tm issue.
Best to stay away from useless, little known extensions.

$0

 

[Kid Kool]

Is Harry Potter even legal in the United Arab Emirates?

 

[Wot]

Originally posted by kidkool
Is Harry Potter even legal in the United Arab Emirates?

Yes

 

[Kid Kool]

well in any case, I'd appraise it at $0 due to trademark infringement and ultra crappy extension.

 

[Wot]

Originally posted by kidkool
well in any case, I'd appraise it at $0 due to trademark infringement and ultra crappy extension.

The Arabs like you too!

 

[Kid Kool]

Originally posted by dotus


The Arabs like you too!

Nothing against Arabs, actually. But generally a country code extension is only good when the domain is related to something within that particular nation/culture. Something such as oil.ae would be okay or a geographical city or landmark .ae.

 

[Steen]

Agrre with the "kid"

 

[Wot]

Originally posted by kidkool


Nothing against Arabs, actually. But generally a country code extension is only good when the domain is related to something within that particular nation/culture. Something such as oil.ae would be okay or a geographical city or landmark .ae.

Are you saying that the likes of sex, broadband, saab etc would not be appropriate as they are non country specific?

I put tour.ae up for appraisal but nobody did, perhaps it was because it is "appropriate" and would not give the guys a bit of slagging fun?

 

[Kid Kool]

Originally posted by dotus


Are you saying that the likes of sex, broadband, saab etc would not be appropriate as they are non country specific?

Those would not be good names in my opinion. If it was a huge country that would be different, like "sex.ru" for example. Just picking out keywords and finding them available in one of the gillions of country extensions doesn't work. There's no "rarity" involved. The .ae extension doesn't even match the name recognition as something like ".to" or ".cc". At least those are recognizable to SOMEONE.

I put tour.ae up for appraisal but nobody did, perhaps it was because it is "appropriate" and would not give the guys a bit of slagging fun?

It would not be a good name in my opinion.