Re: UKNM: Help with domain dispute?

[Duncan Clubb]

Check out the Internic name policy at their site - you may have a case to have

the domain suspended until the dispute is resolved. (www.internic.org).  If

they start trying to take your .org address from you, check out the Domain

Defense Advocacy at www.dda.org


John Lundberg wrote:


> Hi,

>

> I run http//www.circlemakers.org the home of England's crop circle makers

> which has been online since 1995. I need some advice about my legal

> position re the domain name http://www.circlemakers.com which has recently

> been registered to promote a book about crop circle makers [that's us!].

> It's just a holding page at the moment but I was gutted when I found out as

> I was planning to buy the domain, but this guy got there before me. I've

> offered to buy the domain back off of him but he doesn't want to sell.

>

> The point is, I've spent five years building the circlemakers 'brand' both

> online and offline, in traditional media such as the NBC-TV and BBC Country

> File documentaries that were recently made about us.

>

> Annoyingly, the media often give out the wrong URL for our site [ .com

> instead of .org - see the current issue of Internet Magazine for the most

> recent example :/ ]. The owner of circlemakers.com has now put up a note

> about our site and a link, but it's a small consolation.

>

> Do I have any legal recourse to reclaim the domain? Obviously I don't own a

> trademark for the word but I think I could put up a very strong claim for

> the domain.

>

> Can anybody help?

>

> Or have I just been shafted!?! If large corporations can claim back their

> domains, isn't it time that individuals are given the same rights???

>

> Later,

> John

>

>  john lundberg:                   developmental:

>

johndevelopmental [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:johndevelopmental [dot] co [dot] uk) http://www.developmental.co.uk

>  tel:       +44 (0) 171 249 3172  fax:      +44 (0) 870 054 8748

>

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