06-13-2005, 02:43 PM
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Just snapped up paypal.us
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06-13-2005, 03:26 PM
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So you are the owner of PayPal.us? Okay, let me give you one
tip: DELETE THAT DOMAIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Seriously: the
domain name infringes PayPal's international trademarkt. Therefore
it is a severe TM issue.
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06-13-2005, 03:43 PM
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Got Internet?
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YIKES!!! 
It wont be long until - YOU>>>  <<<PAYPAL
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06-13-2005, 03:51 PM
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I would delete the name or risk getting a nastygram from paypals lawyers
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06-13-2005, 04:05 PM
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Re: Just snapped up paypal.us
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Originally posted by Directory
Just snapped up paypal.us
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Not really something to brag about.
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06-13-2005, 04:31 PM
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Re: Just snapped up paypal.us
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Originally posted by Directory
Had to snap paypal.us
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Please keep us updated 
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06-13-2005, 04:45 PM
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Re: Re: Just snapped up paypal.us
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Originally posted by nameslave
Not really something to brag about.
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I didn't backorder it to brag about it! i got it to write what they done to me in the past few months.... I told them i will make a site about what they done and the european account manager said its fine, he even insisted i complain to the fsa in his email even theough paypal is the one doing the wrong thing.. my complaint is now pending and my site about paypal  is now up...
I can't care less if i get a letter from paypal lawyers... i know exactly what i am going to reply(infact i atleast welcome some sort of response from paypal on my case, because if they go on the domain they are bound to read the info too ^^ ). They are just lucky the UK branch is Way far away from me else...
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06-13-2005, 04:55 PM
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I could understand your frustration. But you really need a lawyer for all these. And even with that, you are fighting an uphill battle. Good luck.
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06-13-2005, 05:17 PM
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Making a site about it is fine - using a domain that infringes their trademark is quite another thing and actionable even if your anti-paypal site is not.
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06-13-2005, 05:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by ericv8
It wont be long until - YOU>>> <<<PAYPAL
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Yep... that pretty much sums it up.
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06-13-2005, 06:12 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Just snapped up paypal.us
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Originally posted by Directory
I can't care less if i get a letter from paypal lawyers...
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PayPal is a registered trademark and a US based company,
I doubt you can use paypal.us without their consent
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06-13-2005, 07:23 PM
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You will probably lose the domain eventually - but losing the domain is the WORST that can happen to you, you're not going to be thrown into jail or be fined millions of pounds. So... you might as well carry on using the domain until you get told to stop.
You say on your web site that you could not find any paypalsucks.* domains that are available - I actually found several without looking too hard!
If Paypal claim you have five other accounts that you don't know about you should make a formal data access request under UK data protection legislation. They are legally obliged to tell you.
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06-13-2005, 07:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Lubeca
but losing the domain is the WORST that can happen to you ...
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I'm not 100% sure of that.
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06-13-2005, 07:59 PM
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Nameslave may be right...
Isn't there that $100,000 fine for intentionally cybersquatting under U.S. law?
http://www.gigalaw.com/library/antic...-11-29-p4.html
And here you come on a widely viewed public forum and admit you secured the name to piss them off?
In addition, the name is registered to someone outside the U.S.?
Gee, Directory, maybe you could get one of the moderators to just delete this whole thread. Just like you should delete the PayPal.us name and forget about it. Live Longer and let karma take care of your past disputes with PayPal.
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06-13-2005, 10:19 PM
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To give you an idea, your intention is to run a -----sucks.com type site as far as I can tell. I couldn't find what I wanted exactly but this was as close as I could locate in a brief search:
"In a minority of decisions, and in some dissenting opinions, Panelists have deemed a "-sucks" addition to a well-known trademark to be an obvious indication that the domain name is not affiliated with that trademark owner."
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/deci...2003-0596.html
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/deci...2002-0857.html
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