Comments on: GoDaddy claims trademark infringement for Go-Daddy domain purchased from GoDaddy http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/ new media strategies and other marketing gems Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Enrico Schaefer http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-258271 Enrico Schaefer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:30:24 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/#comment-258271 Sorry guys. It is classic cybersquatting. There is no requirement - and indeed it would be impossible- to capture every typo, variation and extension for your trademarks. Defensive registration may be a good idea for some of the obvious ones, but it is not required. And the Anti-Cybersquatting Act creates liability of $100,000+ for registration on known trademarks. Check out these resources for more info: <a href="http://tcattorney.typepad.com/domainnamedispute/" rel="nofollow">Cybersquatting & Domain Trademark Blog</a> Sorry guys. It is classic cybersquatting. There is no requirement - and indeed it would be impossible- to capture every typo, variation and extension for your trademarks. Defensive registration may be a good idea for some of the obvious ones, but it is not required. And the Anti-Cybersquatting Act creates liability of $100,000+ for registration on known trademarks. Check out these resources for more info:

Cybersquatting & Domain Trademark Blog ]]> By: ka http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-257486 ka Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:06:27 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/#comment-257486 I serached some good domain names and left it to buy later and Go daddy grabbed and registererd under their name. Thsi is day light robbery. John don't give up!! I serached some good domain names and left it to buy later and Go daddy grabbed and registererd under their name.

Thsi is day light robbery. John don’t give up!!

]]> By: David McAllister http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-156393 David McAllister Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:16:46 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/#comment-156393 GoDaddy has been a great business partner for several years. GoDaddy has been a great business partner for several years. ]]> By: 2007 Statistics: The Marketing Technology Blog | The Marketing Technology Blog http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-72230 2007 Statistics: The Marketing Technology Blog | The Marketing Technology Blog Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:08:31 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/#comment-72230 [...] GoDaddy claims Trademark Infringement on GoDaddy Domain purchased from GoDaddy: 2,804 Pageviews [...] [...] GoDaddy claims Trademark Infringement on GoDaddy Domain purchased from GoDaddy: 2,804 Pageviews [...] ]]> By: Neal http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-61615 Neal Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:34:39 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/08/24/godaddy-godaddy-godaddy/#comment-61615 This is very interesting. I have owned rackdaddy.com and rackdaddy.net since 2001. both are registered with a different registrar, not GoDaddy.Com. I did sign up early this year for a GoDaddy.Com affiliate program and both domains re-direct to their servers. Essentially making GoDaddy.Com my business partner on this venture. Today I got a form email from GoDaddy.Com with the following in the body: We hereby demand that you immediately: cease and desist your unauthorized use of these domains, cancel the forwarding of these domain names; and transfer the domain names to GoDaddy.com by November 16, 2007. I am wondering what Trademark they would be referring to, as I doubt they could hardly have a Trademark on the word “Daddy”. If so every child should save up their allowance to pay for the right to say “Daddy”... This is very interesting. I have owned rackdaddy.com and rackdaddy.net since 2001. both are registered with a different registrar, not GoDaddy.Com. I did sign up early this year for a GoDaddy.Com affiliate program and both domains re-direct to their servers. Essentially making GoDaddy.Com my business partner on this venture.

Today I got a form email from GoDaddy.Com with the following in the body:

We hereby demand that you immediately: cease and desist your unauthorized use of these domains, cancel the forwarding of these domain names; and transfer the domain names to GoDaddy.com by November 16, 2007.

I am wondering what Trademark they would be referring to, as I doubt they could hardly have a Trademark on the word “Daddy”. If so every child should save up their allowance to pay for the right to say “Daddy”…

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