Selling: Pebble.host

[linKhehe]

Domain: pebble.host
Registrar: Namecheap
Nothing Included

Offer/Bid below.

 

[Expire]

Dann

 

[sock]

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Domains are free-market, you can own google.id google.bike etc. and there really isn't anything a corporation could do about that short from buying it off of you. The domain pebble.host isn't infringing on anything...

 

[linKhehe]

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This doesn't involve you. I am talking to Dann about the domain anyway.

 

[Garner]

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Just to let you know, there has been issues of this in the past but it doesn't infringe on any rules by just selling the domain. If he had a website up that fooled people into thinking the site was owned by PebbleHost then yes it would be illegal.

 

[BrianGrug]

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He doesn't own the word "Pebble"

 

[NickE]

Domain: pebble.host
Registrar: Namecheap
Nothing Included

Offer/Bid below.

no starting bid, bid $3

 

[linKhehe]

It sold to Dann in Convos. Sorry.

 

[Member]

The world doesn't act like that, the reason a domain name is called a domain name is simply because it is a name, same as a programming language is called a language, it has words and phrases of it's own. If I'm Daniel and someone else is Daniel, can I sew him for taking my name? :/

ICANN regulations are very strict about it in fact, as long as I didn't "steal" your brand or attempt to fraud your brand, I can do as I wish, I can even open my own hosting company and call it Pebble Host, did you know that there are over 50 companies in the United States only called Google LLC?

Think that.

This is actually incorrect completely, you are open to legal action with a domain like this.

 

[Louwtjie]

This is actually incorrect completely, you are open to legal action with a domain like this.

Nope.

 

[Member]

Nope.

https://www.bitlaw.com/internet/domain.html I thought you were a lawyer

 

[Member]

Nope, you realise if you own a brand name within your domain - they are LEGALLY able to take it off you without paying a single penny.

So no you cannot own “google.id”, if google see you with it and they want it - they can take it. It’s called Domain Squatting, look it up.

 

[Harry]

Nope, you realise if you own a brand name within your domain - they are LEGALLY able to take it off you without paying a single penny.

So no you cannot own “google.id”, if google see you with it and they want it - they can take it. It’s called Domain Squatting, look it up.

Domain squatting is regarding legal trademarks and so, that's a valid reason. For just owning the domain, I'm pretty sure they can't take any legal action. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure Dann doesn't have any sort of trademark on Pebble Host.

Let's just get something straight. All he was doing is selling the domain. It wasn't active or running a business under the false pretence of it being Dann's Pebble Host.[DOUBLEPOST=1527499847][/DOUBLEPOST]

https://www.bitlaw.com/internet/domain.html I thought you were a lawyer

Again, basically the whole document revolves around trademarks.

 

[Harry]

I did state if he "owned" the brand -> legally in his name.

If pebble was an owned name, then yes the dude could take it if he really wanted. "All he was doing is selling the domain", even more of a reason. If google see suddenly a domain with THEIR name in it was selling for $5k, they will want to take it knowing someone is 'stealing' money using their brand.

And that's my point (and everyone else who disagreed). Dann doesn't own a trademark of "Pebble Host" or "Pebble" and so, there is no legal action he could take to get ahold of the domain.

 

[Louwtjie]

https://www.bitlaw.com/internet/domain.html I thought you were a lawyer

Nope. not yet buddy. American law and RSA law is different.

One cannot take a domain just because its a resisted brand, one can issue a take down if you use another brand for monetary gain.

Look it up bigboy

 

[Grace.]

He can own this domain. Legal implications only come when someone owns a domain similar to another's website, then tries to trick visitors into believing his website is the real one.

 

[3847473828363]

That is CyberSquatting. If Dan wanted to, he can take him to court making him pay a thousand dollar fine and transferring ownership to him.

cy·ber·squat·ting
ˈsībərˌskwädiNG/
noun

1. the practice of registering names, especially well-known company or brand names, as Internet domains, in the hope of reselling them at a profit.

Quote from Wiki:

Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting), according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.