Domain Name Wire Los Angeles Rams lose cybersquatting case against Rams.com domain

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NFL team failed to convince panel that domain investor registered and used the domain in bad faith. The NFL’s L.A. Rams team has lost a cybersquatting case it filed with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against the domain name rams.com. Domain name investor Frank Mardian, also known as “Maple Dots,” acquired the domain for CAN […]

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Congrats @Berryhillj @MapleDots

 

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@MapleDots ? .. wuhh!!! Frank, congratulations!!!

 

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@MapleDots - is the price going up?

 

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@jberryhill top job!!

 

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2 "must read" links:

https://dn.ca/topic/7353/ (DN.ca is owned and run by @MapleDots - Frank, himself)

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@MapleDots - is the price going up?

You know, the part of a disputes that gets my goat is anyone can technically file with absolutely no consequence thereof.

So each time some wanna steal nimrod tries to take a domain it sets the domainer back between 5-8 grand unless you defend yourself. Even then unless you want to leave it up to one panelist you have to pay for additional panelists.

The whole system needs a reboot where the complainant should be forced to pay all legal costs, and a fee, to compensate the domain owner should their complaint be denied. A 10k deposit to file does not seem unreasonable in my opinion and it would assure a lot of these frivolous filings would not happen.

Mind you big corporations don't care about that but at least the defendant would be compensated.

 

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https://dn.ca/topic/7353/ (DN.ca is owned and run by @MapleDots - Frank, himself)

Hardest part off the whole process was to keep quiet, one want to shout from the rooftops to defend themselves but staying quite and not giving up your hand is key.

John and I spent quite a bit of time formulating the response and it worked out great.