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[zomby]

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[moon10k]

Why not try and sell to Steam? maybe they will offer you a lot for it

that's illegal

 

[Niteburn]

GoDaddy estimates are not accurate so I would take that with a grain of salt.

 

[zomby]

GoDaddy estimates are not accurate so I would take that with a grain of salt.

ok, boomer

 

[moon10k]

How can that be illegal??

its called domain squatting, search it up

 

[sock]

its called domain squatting, search it up

Only illegal if someone takes the "domain squatter" to court and claims ill intentions on registering the domain. Since steam is a generic word, this would be hard to prove for Valve/Steam. I suppose they could call for a UDPR proceeding, but since that would cost them a lot of money to do that, as well as court fees, they'd most likely skip the five-figure price tag on the annoyingly elaborate process and just buy the domain straight up for $1,500. I mean, it's really unlikely Valve/Steam would want steam.dev since they will see it as a waste of money and a vanity URL they don't need. The company isn't worried about vanity URLs... they make plenty of money and have been using their more accurate domains since as early as 1996.

 

[moon10k]

Only illegal if someone takes the "domain squatter" to court and claims ill intentions on registering the domain. Since steam is a generic word, this would be hard to prove for Valve/Steam. I suppose they could call for a UDPR proceeding, but since that would cost them a lot of money to do that, as well as court fees, they'd most likely skip the five-figure price tag on the annoyingly elaborate process and just buy the domain straight up for $1,500. I mean, it's really unlikely Valve/Steam would want steam.dev since they will see it as a waste of money and a vanity URL they don't need. The company isn't worried about vanity URLs... they make plenty of money and have been using their more accurate domains since as early as 1996.

Well you'd be selling steam.dev, to **steam**. For an inflated price.

 

[sock]

Well you'd be selling steam.dev, to **steam**. For an inflated price.

Cool? Still there has to be a proven intention they wanted to register the domain for the sole reason of inflating the price and selling to Valve. So, an easy defense would be they purchased it because they liked the domain name itself or wanted to use steam as a personal moniker, which is totally legal since Steam as an English word cannot be protected under a trademark.[DOUBLEPOST=1578304097][/DOUBLEPOST]Either way, I'm willing to bet Valve/Steam will not be interested in the domain.

 

[moon10k]

Cool? Still there has to be a proven intention they wanted to register the domain for the sole reason of inflating the price and selling to Valve. So, an easy defense would be they purchased it because they liked the domain name itself or wanted to use steam as a personal moniker, which is totally legal since Steam as an English word cannot be protected under a trademark.[DOUBLEPOST=1578304097][/DOUBLEPOST]Either way, I'm willing to bet Valve/Steam will not be interested in the domain.

thanks wannbe lawyer

 

[sock]

thanks wannbe lawyer

It's pretty common knowledge, don't spread facts around and tell people they're doing something illegal and then not explain why. If you truly had any insight/experience with the domain industry you'd be more informed about squatting and registering domains with/without trademarked names. You don't need to be a "wannabe lawyer" to understand common law.