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Ok so a friend has a domain (Companyname.co) that resembles exactly the .com of a company in Canada and she plans to use it for a blog. She is in the united states. The company has no trademarks in Canada, US or any other country we checked. They say that they will file a UDRP against her which i don't think is possible if they don't own or never owned a trademark at all. Here is what they wrote her:
[FONT="]I believe you do not understand the legal and business implications of my last email. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]We effectively and undisputedly own the name and more specifically the domain name www.companyname.com and will pursue any legal actions to safeguard our corporate and business interests for that matter. This means if you register or try to register any domain name with the word COMPANYNAME this is considered a domain name infringement (cybersquatting) subject to the filing of a UDRP procedure. You can find some information of what this procedure is at http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]This constitute our last warning. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Govern yourself accordingly,[/FONT]
I know a little about the UDRP process but would like to know if she has some power in keeping the domain. Any suggestions would be helpful.
SD
[FONT="]I believe you do not understand the legal and business implications of my last email. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]We effectively and undisputedly own the name and more specifically the domain name www.companyname.com and will pursue any legal actions to safeguard our corporate and business interests for that matter. This means if you register or try to register any domain name with the word COMPANYNAME this is considered a domain name infringement (cybersquatting) subject to the filing of a UDRP procedure. You can find some information of what this procedure is at http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]This constitute our last warning. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Govern yourself accordingly,[/FONT]
I know a little about the UDRP process but would like to know if she has some power in keeping the domain. Any suggestions would be helpful.
SD