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I have recently picked up (for reg fee, off a drop list) a (surname).com domain name, and this surname is not only relatively common, but is also the name of a somewhat large US company (which is a family name). They have multimillion dollar revenues and over 5,000 employees.
This company has a domain name which, by a domainer's standards, is pitiful.
I have every reason to believe that I can come up with a justifiable argument to get them to express an interest in the domain name.
But my question is... do you think they can somehow claim a right to the name? Not just because they have their company name trademarked, but also because I, nor anybody in my family, has the last name that the domain name contains.
I was thinking of building a small landing page describing the "History of the (surname) family", citing sources of information I found on Google... so I can say that this is a website that I built for that very purpose, but if you want the name, I'm only willing to part with it for $(amount).
What would you do if you were me here?
LMK
This company has a domain name which, by a domainer's standards, is pitiful.
I have every reason to believe that I can come up with a justifiable argument to get them to express an interest in the domain name.
But my question is... do you think they can somehow claim a right to the name? Not just because they have their company name trademarked, but also because I, nor anybody in my family, has the last name that the domain name contains.
I was thinking of building a small landing page describing the "History of the (surname) family", citing sources of information I found on Google... so I can say that this is a website that I built for that very purpose, but if you want the name, I'm only willing to part with it for $(amount).
What would you do if you were me here?
LMK