HariSeldon

I'm having one of those days today with not one but two requests for me to "hand over" domains.

One is claiming trademark infringement as he has a trademark on a dictionary word in the class of chemicals; apparently my use of the name to sell domains means I should hand over the domain at the same price I paid Nominet.

The other one is one that I'm sure we've all had before:

Annoyingly I don't have any records of the previous registrant, domaintools is showing nothing either and waybackmachine has nothing for the last 6 years. Is there any other way to see historical whois info?

Oh and what's everyone's normal response to such requests?

GreyWing

Yes I'd gladly hand back domains names if Nominet would gladly hand my reg fee back for every name I registered that I didn't sell and had no value.

It's life, they didn't value it at the time. If it was a .com or soemething and went off and was sold on next day then maybe, but Nominet turn it off for 60+ days before cancelling it. Apart from someone dying, very little excuse in my opinion.

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aZooZa

I couldn't write it here...

invincible

Email or telephone Nominet, explain what you'd like to know and they might be forthcoming with some relevant information.

grantw

I've given a few back over the years if the story adds up and the person's not being a dick about it. As invincible said, Nominet are usually quite helpful in this situation.

Grant

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HariSeldon

Cheers everyone. I told him I'd need to check details and he's just come back with an email from his ISP (found in his spam folder) confirming his story.

So I've offered it back to him for a tenner cos I'm such a nice guy. LOL

grantw

lol, get that good karma banked

Grant

SecNam

now thats something i will vote for

instead f renewing a domain if you let it drop you get your money back lol

GreyWing

It's simple in my book mate, imagine you didn't notice that your car wasn't on your drive for 60 days, then you see someone tidy it up, give it a polish, tune the engine up and driving down the street in it before deciding to report it to the Police.

Don't add up in my opinion, might sound harsh but that person probably works in the commercial sector themselves anddoes the same in there day job. I don't go into their office asking for freebies, they shouldn't come into mine.

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HariSeldon

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