Comments on: TheDomains.com Turkeys Of The Year Award

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:42:06 +0000

Still, I don’t understand how a registrar can legally sell a TM unimpeded while the buyer basically gets the shaft.

Toyota can legally sell a car to its buyer. But should Toyota be held liable if its buyer’s car was used to rob a bank or some other civil offense, even if the buyer didn’t know?

There has been no lawsuit to determine this

Phil, look up Lockheed Martin v. NSI and the case below (no offense meant for the linking, MHB, as I have a copy and can’t find some other “free” online independent source):

http://davezan.com/sizevsnsi.txt

Hope you had a good turkey. And I mean that in a good way.

By: Patricia Kaehler (DomainBELL)

Patricia Kaehler (DomainBELL) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:48:14 +0000

the Kentucky issue is the one that get’s to me the most…

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

By: MHB

MHB — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:34:48 +0000

Howard is correct enom and godaddy should be on the list for giving their customers domains up to the commonwealth of Kentucky

By: Phil J.

Phil J. — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:04:57 +0000

Why is everyone so sure that registrars skimming the good expired domains and keeping or reselling them is legal?

There has been no lawsuit to determine this and the ICANN agreement is vague and open to interpretation.

I would not assume it is legal until at least some real lawyers weigh in on both sides, or this is brought up in a lawsuit.

Class action lawyers and state attorney generals please look into these unfair practices being perpetrated by Tucows, Register.com, Godaddy and the likes.

Also, I wonder if the state attorney general would investigate register.com for moving their corporate operations to Madiera to avoid ny state taxes? You can see they did this because they changed the WHOIS masking address from Canada to Madiera.

By: Howard Neu

Howard Neu — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:05:42 +0000

The two biggest Turkeys of the Year were GoDaddy and eNom for handing over domainers’ domains to the State of Kentucky. They should really be boycotted by Domainers everywhere for obviously not giving a damn for the rights of their customers.

By: Damir

Damir — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:55:34 +0000

I like your list Number 9 and 10 is TOP stuff

By: MsDomainer

MsDomainer — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:38:58 +0000

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I think you should add the registrars themselves for not filtering out the OBVIOUS TM domains, such as Microsoft, Google, Toyota, etc.

After all, GoDaddy and the .me registry allowed the highly public Toyota.me and Porsche.me sales to go through without even a whimper of protest. Did anyone report this to ICANN?

I thought not.

This may be legal, but it’s morally and ethically reprehensible. Still, I don’t understand how a registrar can legally sell a TM unimpeded while the buyer basically gets the shaft.

While we’re at it, we might as well (as an industry) look in the mirror. After all, if goofballs like the bidders and buyers of Toyota.me and Porsche.me hadn’t bid, there would be no need for industry policing.

Take heed, all; once government intervention arrives, we’ll be so highly regulated that it will kill the business.
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By: E

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:09:35 +0000

Wow you really nailed it! Brilliant post Mike

Also just curious: Why did you decide to change the blog’s header photo to B&W?

By: owen frager

owen frager — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:39:17 +0000

I don’t know about turkeys, but I do know about diamonds, and this post is a gem! Bravo!

By: Gazzip

Gazzip — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:26:59 +0000

Nice post , Looks like you sure nailed the worst ones !

Number 10 gets my vote due to the amount of damage it has caused.