Busy — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:40:42 +0000

the trade mark issue thing is weird, not so long ago there was a battle over the webname newzealand.com (not sure if it had underscores), the NZ govt. wanted the name as some American guy had it, long story short, the American guy won but offered it to NZ govt. for one million (nice little profit)

andy206uk — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:42:46 +0000

Theres also issues about trademarks

IE if i sold a product called andys super duper toilet roll and i had it trademarked, i'd probably win a case for andyssuperdupertoiletroll.com etc...

I dont think the issue is whether or not its legal, its more a question of whether its morally right. I don't think it is.

The Webmistress — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:26:03 +0000

In the UK it depends on whether the company is regiestered as a limited company. If they are they have rights over their company name and if the cybersquatter was taken to court they'd be made to give up the names in favour of the company.