Well, bottom line: your (or any other similar named) domain cannot be used in any way that would establish a bad faith usage.

Unless, this guy can establish common law trademark prior to your domain's registration (or it's transfer date to a new party) he probably will not prevail in any UDRP.

So, you are the proud owner now of a domain with restrictive use and value. You win?

That word group 'daddy issues' is registered in many domains already. So, it's just a can of worms ... Too bad you didn't take that $8,000 offer :upsidedow

Squirtit - good posts :thumbsup

Absolutely!!


GFY Rocks like that!!

Anyone that trys to "Fuck Me" and take my money is a hooker!! You agree? lol



Thats what I'm thinking too. Thanks for the input. :thumbsup



You are dead on.


Lets look at restrictive use: I cannot use the name for real products, clothing, merchandise, etc.


I still can use domain name for porn, adult sites, traffic aggregation for porn, etc.


I won't be able to use the site to drive traffic to their product. Thats where their trade mark would have some teeth.

Thank you for your input, much appreciated. :thumbsup




Yea, he is the man!!



Squirtit; Anything you need from me, I'm there for you. Information on anything productions, lighting, photography, video, editing, talent, production costs, etc, feel free to ICQ me or Skype me.


Thank you so much! Puts things into perspective. I generally know a little on a lot, but this was one of those subjects where I was pretty limited in my knowledge.


Thanks to all of GFY for your input.:thumbsup



Please keep the info coming. Knowing this stuff can help anyone else who falls into the same situation.



Just Dave

Usually it doesn't work that way. But it may prevent you using it.

Although lawsuit is always possible. Winning or losing it is another matter.

I had the same shit happen and it was all BS to try and get my domains. They used the same story about how they were not making any money but wanted it because it was what they were doing. The whole thing was created around her story so she could BS. I looked in to stuff and blogs and all kinds of shit were made to make her story look real.
I ended up selling the 3 domains that I would have let go but found out how much trouble they were through to try and buy them cheap so I held on to them and sold them for a sweet deal. Keep going with your BS story and get 10K from it lol

If I were them, I would have checked to see if the domain names were available BEFORE I came up with a name for the new designer clothes.

Thats what smart people do! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh


Im also guessing that they have a hack attorney that is telling them yes to everything that they want to hear. As long as the retainer and fees get paid per every step of the process, everything will be easy.


But when these people try to use this guy to bully me, a whole new retainer gets paid up and as time goes on, the hourly starts to kick in. $$$$$$


I know how attorneys work. My father is an attorney, my little brother is an attorney, I went to law school and all of my close buddies are attorneys.


They promise the world with no guarantees. Clients fail to think about the no guarantee part. Attornys charge piece by piece. Retainer 1st, then comes the hourly. By the time you know it, your 20k in the hole and nothing to show for it.


I know how to file an answer myself. Thats too easy. I Then I call up my little brother who is a nasty litigator and named partner at his law firm; Hey I need this little something done!


When he fires off what I want to have said and its on his letter head, with his BAR number, they will they will reevaluate their tactics. They will certainly look him up and see that he crushes people in court. He didn't make partner because he sucks at his job!! lol


The more I think about it, the more it really pisses me off! I don't like getting bullied!


Thanks to all of the GFY detective work, makes things that much more clear to me. Will be forwarding this thread to my brother tonight. Might be a wrench or two that I can throw their way.


Fuck em!! :321GFY


will keep you up on whats up with this.



Just Dave

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh