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URL Piracy? Is this legal?[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Trademark Forum ] [ FAQ ] Posted by Nicole on August 07, 2003 at 00:00:44:
For a couple of years, I have owned a URL for my home-based business. Earlier this year, the URL expired and we didn't notice immediately. When I finally went to check on the site, I found that it had been snatched up by a company that profits from the traffic from websites that have since expired. My question is this: I own the trade name of my company in my state, so isn't it illegal for someone to snatch up the URL? I couldn't, for instance, own the URL cocacola.com if they somehow let it expire, could I? I just wonder if I have a leg to stand on if I go up against these guys. I can change my URL, but I had a great customer base with the original...Thanks in advance.
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