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Originally Posted by Chris
The issue with NOT buying the .xxx is if you dont buy your brand / trademark - someone else will .. its just that simple. If that person then decides to create a site that reflects poorly on your brand or something along those lines you are forced to let them do it or take legal action
and if you take legal action you are talking money...Allison stated that they would not be buying .xxx and if they need to they will take action to protect their trademarks. That works for them as they have the money to defend themselfs ... not everyone has that tho
example: Earl miller was in the FRONT row. I was lucky enough to speak with them later that evening over dinner and he has 200+ domains he wants to protect. He is now faced with buying them or letting some one else run over his name and he does not want to spend the money to take legal action .. when .xxx was not needed or requested by this industry... sad a legend such as him has to worry about this
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Yeah, that IS the biggest concern, you're right about that. But a few things here...
I don't know if he was right, but JD suggested that if ICM were to register your mark to someone else, they'd be open to a lawsuit themselves. Would be interesting to hear more for industry attorneys on this idea.
Second, Allison suggested that someone could wait on a lawsuit... so for instance let's say someone registered pinkvisual.xxx ... they could wait until the person had the domain bringing in enough traffic, and THEN sue them (in this case the squatter, not ICM). Let them do all the work, then take it back. That might work for some people. In this case, you'd only incur the costs of the lawsuit if you were getting back a domain that was of value because someone had promoted it, etc.