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www.kotor-online.com

I wouldn't count on keeping that domain name for long.

Originally posted by rikilii

I wouldn't count on keeping that domain name for long.

I'd keep it 'til EA meets the asking price. There is no KotOR Online as far as EA is concerned st this moment, so they can't very well accuse him of stealing.

Originally posted by WisebutCruel

Originally posted by rikilii

I wouldn't count on keeping that domain name for long.

 

I'd keep it 'til EA meets the asking price. There is no KotOR Online as far as EA is concerned st this moment, so they can't very well accuse him of stealing.

Muhahah devious.  Good luck with the domain :)  You might also wanna grab something like www.starwarstheoldrepublic.com or something along those lines... 'theoldrepublicmmo' etc.

:D I'm jealous, I should have thought of this.

They can't take it from him, they have to buy it... I've tried to snatch up obvious domain names before, for instance for the WOD Onlilne MMOG that CCP is making, but they had all the good ones registered before they even announced practically. Good on you OP, I hope you get paid.

Lol he can keep it for all they care its not kotor-online lol.

They can take it from him as it is considered stealing copyright

UNLESS he makes a site on that domain, it will be considered CYBERSQUATTING, I will quote what can be done

"If you own a trademark and find that someone is holding it hostage as a domain name until you pay a large sum for it, you may be the victim of cybersquatting. You can either sue to get your domain name -- and possibly some money damages -- under a 1999 federal law known as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, or you can initiate arbitration proceedings under the authority of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and win the name back without the expense and aggravation of a lawsuit."

Either way LUCASARTS have DEEEEEEP pockets and if you went to court they sure as hell would win and you would have to pay ALOOOOOT in legal fees

Good luck

If you don't believe me check this:

"The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has transferred 37 domain names to Yahoo! because a group of individuals and companies registered names that were identical or confusingly similar to the trade marks owned by the internet portal.

The dot.com names registered included AYAHOO, JAHU, NYYAHOO, YAHOOF, YAHOONY YOUHOO and YAHPOO.

Yahoo! had trade and service mark registrations for the word “Yahoo!” in the classes of computer software for search and retrieval, books, computer services, magazines, posters, shirts, etc. The original domain name was registered in 1995.

The company claimed that the similar domain names were registered mostly by one individual, Eitan Zviely, under a number of fictitious company names. It said he was “a known cybersquatter”.

WIPO found that the Zviely and the other parties had no legitimate interests in the names and that they were registered in bad faith. It ordered that the registration of the 37 names be transferred to Yahoo!

Yahoo is also planning on filing a lawsuit in Thailand against Yoohhoo.com, a Thai based site. According to reports, the site’s owners claim “it is simply a spelling of the yoo-hoo sound people make to attract the attention of someone they know.”"

This cybersquatting worked in the past when it was a new phenomenon and there were no legal rules in place, but this is the 21st Century and laws have been made to protect companies and their trademarks etc

Originally posted by Lonewolf

They can take it from him as it is considered stealing copyright

 

UNLESS he makes a site on that domain, it will be considered CYBERSQUATTING, I will quote what can be done

"If you own a trademark and find that someone is holding it hostage as a domain name until you pay a large sum for it, you may be the victim of cybersquatting. You can either sue to get your domain name -- and possibly some money damages -- under a 1999 federal law known as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, or you can initiate arbitration proceedings under the authority of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and win the name back without the expense and aggravation of a lawsuit."

Either way LUCASARTS have DEEEEEEP pockets and if you went to court they sure as hell would win and you would have to pay ALOOOOOT in legal fees

Good luck

If you don't believe me check this:

"The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has transferred 37 domain names to Yahoo! because a group of individuals and companies registered names that were identical or confusingly similar to the trade marks owned by the internet portal.

The dot.com names registered included AYAHOO, JAHU, NYYAHOO, YAHOOF, YAHOONY YOUHOO and YAHPOO.

Yahoo! had trade and service mark registrations for the word “Yahoo!” in the classes of computer software for search and retrieval, books, computer services, magazines, posters, shirts, etc. The original domain name was registered in 1995.

The company claimed that the similar domain names were registered mostly by one individual, Eitan Zviely, under a number of fictitious company names. It said he was “a known cybersquatter”.

WIPO found that the Zviely and the other parties had no legitimate interests in the names and that they were registered in bad faith. It ordered that the registration of the 37 names be transferred to Yahoo!

Yahoo is also planning on filing a lawsuit in Thailand against Yoohhoo.com, a Thai based site. According to reports, the site’s owners claim “it is simply a spelling of the yoo-hoo sound people make to attract the attention of someone they know.”"

This cybersquatting worked in the past when it was a new phenomenon and there were no legal rules in place, but this is the 21st Century and laws have been made to protect companies and their trademarks etc

The problem with your example is EA/Bioware do not have an existing trademark for "KotOR Online" ( either because they're not making it, or because they're trying to stupidly continue incognito ), unlike Yahoo and the others in your example. Therefore, there is nothing for them to "take back".