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Originally Posted by cambusman  The reasons that companies own domain names and not an individual of the company are many - company believes there is an asset value in the domain name
- they own the brand name
- they don't want an individual to move to competitor holding the domain name
- legal responsibility
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All valid reasons but in any one specific case you'd just be assuming these were the reasons.
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Originally Posted by cambusman My point in starting this thread that if a company is dissolved it no longer exists so nobody can re-register the domain name as there own. As a consequence of this the domain should then be left to drop. |
You're missing the crucial point in the letter that I highlighted earlier.
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evidence that the registration should have been transferred from the dissolved company before the company ceased to exist.
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If as far as the company's books/documents were concerned the domain was sold/transferred to an individual then that individual has a right to the domain regardless of whether the Nominet Transfer was actioned.
It's standard business practice that there are circumstances where actions can be taken even though technically a legal entity no longer exists. One example would be claiming VAT back from HMRC if you receive a supplier's invoice after you've dissolved your company and de-registered for VAT.