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Cybersquatting - can anything be done?

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  • 03-07-2006 10:04pm
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    xha1r
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭


    I'm setting up a business and am currently trying to find a name where all domains are available. I've got a name I'm very keen on, but the .com is taken, and just brings me to the usual page with related pages/sponsored links etc.

    Is there anything I can do? Or is the only way to get it by paying the person who owns it an incredibally inflated price? Likely to be more than 20000%+ more than it is to from a proper seller, it's something which I'd find hard to do as a matter of principle.

    Regards,
    Jonathan.


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    #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    There is an arbitration procedure for .com addresses but if I remember correctly it's very weak and favours large companies. Some large companies end up filing law suits to resolve cybersquatting for specific domains. I don't think you stand any chance of getting the domain turned over to you.


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    dermot_sheehan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dermot_sheehan


    Can apply for abritation under the Uniform Domainname dispute resolution policy:
    http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/
    Costs $1,500


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    xha1r
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭xha1r


    Well now that is ironic. I'm trying to avoid paying an over the top price for a domain, and have to pay $1,500 to try and get it back?

    It would probably be cheaper to pay the guy who owns it. Thanks though.


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    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Have you checked the name under .eu domain?


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