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detourdog 2 hours ago

This has been my understanding. I was told by lawyer in in th 90's that it would be described as squatting in court.

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pixl97 an hour ago | parent [-]

Be a big company.

Look for interesting sounding domain names that are owned but not being used by individuals.

Create a product with the same name.

Sue the person with the domain name and take it from them.

Win, because you're big.

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detourdog an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Fortunately my DNS entry starts in 1996 and would be covered by the first clause. BigCos claims would need to predate 1996 for my domain to be seized.

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delfinom 19 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

https://nissan.com/

Archive.org it to see little man beating big corporation

	▲	crossroadsguy 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		https://web.archive.org/web/20040403145823/http://www.nissan... at least this one says > In compliance with a ruling issued by the United States District Court in Los Angeles on November 14, 2002, in the lawsuit of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corporation, this web site has been converted to non-commercial use. And then this https://web.archive.org/web/20050701005403/http://www.nissan... says: > Nissan Motor is suing Nissan Computer (named after its founder and current President, Mr. Uzi Nissan) for Trademark Infringement, Trademark Dilution and CyberSquatting, seeking 10 Million Dollars in damages Besides this also indicate not so "little man".