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Gaybucks · 08-18-2006, 08:49 PM

I think they have a very weak case. "delta.com" could be an airline, a company that makes power tools, a fraternity, or a lot of other things. Any of those have a perfect legal right to the name.

Ditto "bloxbuster." I think the "confusingly similar" argument is very weak. "blackbuster.com", "blocksbuster.com", "bockbuster.com" are all registered to domain squatters, and I'd argue that those are considerably more "confusingly similar"... and Blockbuster has obviously already lost on those.

IF you were running a video rental site, or using the domain to point to Blockbuster's competition and get a referral fee from doing so, then they would have an argument, because the domain would have been registered in "bad faith."

But in this case, no reasonable person could infer that Bloxbuster, a TGP site with porn pics, could reasonably be confused with Blockbuster, a video rental company.

I'd invest a few bucks in a lawyer letter that politely tells them they have no case, and to please piss off. If you have to, UDRP arbitrations aren't that expensive, and I think you have a strong chance of winning it.

08-18-2006, 08:49 PM
Gaybucks Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 451	I think they have a very weak case. "delta.com" could be an airline, a company that makes power tools, a fraternity, or a lot of other things. Any of those have a perfect legal right to the name. Ditto "bloxbuster." I think the "confusingly similar" argument is very weak. "blackbuster.com", "blocksbuster.com", "bockbuster.com" are all registered to domain squatters, and I'd argue that those are considerably more "confusingly similar"... and Blockbuster has obviously already lost on those. IF you were running a video rental site, or using the domain to point to Blockbuster's competition and get a referral fee from doing so, then they would have an argument, because the domain would have been registered in "bad faith." But in this case, no reasonable person could infer that Bloxbuster, a TGP site with porn pics, could reasonably be confused with Blockbuster, a video rental company. I'd invest a few bucks in a lawyer letter that politely tells them they have no case, and to please piss off. If you have to, UDRP arbitrations aren't that expensive, and I think you have a strong chance of winning it. __________________ Gaybucks.com 100% exclusive American guys - hosted movie galleries - NATS - Boyfunk.com - Boysfeetclub.com - AJsCloset.com- SkylerDeVoss.com ICQ 272-995-402