RE: UKNM: Marketing Quality Domains/aka cybersquatting?

[Bunder, Leslie]

But the guy has registered the domain chopstix.com since August 96. Which

according to the whois, was atleast a year before you registered the .co.uk

and three years before the .net you registered.


Yes, I can see yiour point, in that it is irratating that he's a a domain

that is not in use, while yours is being built up.


If he hasn't replied to your e-mails, maybe call him?  And also, you need to

work out why he would want to sell you the name or offer it to you. Maybe

make him a offer???


Leslie


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 >

From: Ian Fenn[SMTP:ianchopstix [dot] co [dot] uk]

 > Sent: 	21 January 2000 13:14

 >

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

 > Subject: 	Re: UKNM: Marketing Quality Domains/aka cybersquatting?

 > 

 > At 12:57 20/01/00 +0000, Jude Robinson wrote:

 >  >Ridiculous idea - for a start what do you mean by "business names"? And

 >  >what do you define as active? Is a personal homepage "active", or would

 >  >it have to be an online bank or something? Do you mean "active" in terms

 >  >of dynamic/regularly changing content or what? nd how on earth would you

 >  >regulate/police this?

 >  >Silly silly silly.

 > 

 > The situation I have is that I own the domain names 

 > http://www.chopstix.co.uk/ and http://www.chopstix.net/ and I've building 

 > Chopstix as a web brand for two years. The chap who owns 

 > http://www.chopstix.com/ hasn't ever replied to any e-mails I've sent him 

 > and I already know that some visitors head for his url by mistake and are 

 > thrown by the vague "closed down" message on his holding page (that has 

 > existed for two years).

 > 

 > The major problem comes should he finally do anything with the domain that

 > 

 > is similar to what Chopstix does.

 > 

 > All the best,

 > 

 > --

 > Ian Fenn MA

 > Chief web architect, Chopstix Media Limited

 > http://www.chopstix.co.uk/ - Runner-up, yell uk web awards ninety nine 



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