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I would like to hear your oppinion about something I find very interesting. I wont use any real names, so lets just talk hypothetically.. Lets say theres a guy, who decides to register a domain name of his last name (or name), but domain is already taken in all major extensions, so theres nothing he can do about it. But then one day, he finds the .net of this name on expired domains list and grabs it fast. He regs it and later on he finds out that exactly same name as his lastname (or name) is used by a LARGE corporation, doing business worldwide in more than 50 countries, with budget and income you can only dream about The question is: Is he entitled to use this domain although its trademarked, or should he expect a C&D letter in near future and after that a lawsuit, since he wouldnt give up his domain?
For instance, lets say your name is "Lex Mark" or "John Lexmark" and you have registered lexmark.net when it dropped. Only that it wouldnt be Lexmark in question, but a big scary company, with unlimited resources.. Also have to mention, that we are talking about pretty uncommon, unique name with no other meanings that im aware of.
Offcourse this is all fictional.. I would realy appreciate your feedback!
For instance, lets say your name is "Lex Mark" or "John Lexmark" and you have registered lexmark.net when it dropped. Only that it wouldnt be Lexmark in question, but a big scary company, with unlimited resources.. Also have to mention, that we are talking about pretty uncommon, unique name with no other meanings that im aware of.
Offcourse this is all fictional.. I would realy appreciate your feedback!