Drool drool drool

[Frog]

what 'real' use do any of these have???

rush on but not for me

Sell them to idiots (with a hefty markup) who think they're going to get rich from them?

 

[Frog]

so what do you think theses would sell for ???

ie two letter ones ? anyone hazard a guess ?

I'm going to guess £10k for an "average" 2 letter. £50k for BA.co.uk (British Airways own BA.com). Similar amounts for others matching up with 2 letter .co.uk's if the UK companies own the 2 letter .coms...)

edit - I'm assuming it'll be an open auction with everyone having time to bid on them...

 

[grantw]

edit - I'm assuming it'll be an open auction with everyone having time to bid on them...

TM holders get to fight it out in private auctions, everyone else gets to bid on the scraps I believe.

Grant

 

[James]

I'd expect to see some for around £50k, agreed... maybe some for £100k.

But I'd also expect to see one or two for as little as £500, and in these cases plenty of gloating

 

[Frog]

TM holders get to fight it out in private auctions, everyone else gets to bid on the scraps I believe.

Grant

How can someone have a trademark on a one or two letter domain? If I want to buy BA.co.uk and make a gay porn site called "Boys A**es" I wouldn't be breaking any trademark rules would I? Surely I just couldn't use it in travel/flights?

 

[ScottJ]

Trademarks are applied in classes for use, so 20 people could own a trademark for BA but likely only one in class 39 for Transport

 

[retired_member12]

Trademarks are applied in classes for use, so 20 people could own a trademark for BA but likely only one in class 39 for Transport

Classes are something which Nominet seem too dim to understand. I may stand for a board position on that point, plus some other matters!

 

[grantw]

How can someone have a trademark on a one or two letter domain? If I want to buy BA.co.uk and make a gay porn site called "Boys A**es" I wouldn't be breaking any trademark rules would I? Surely I just couldn't use it in travel/flights?

You wouldn't be breaking any rules. Sunrise part 2 is for unregistered rights holders so I'd guess most companies that are commonly known as a 2 letter abbreviation will fall into one of the first 2 sunrise periods.

Unless you've been running Boys A**es since before 1st January 2008 you wouldn't have a claim on it anyway as that's Nominets cut off date.

Grant

 

[StoneRoses]

Unless you've been running Boys A**es since before 1st January 2008 you wouldn't have a claim on it anyway as that's Nominets cut off date.

Grant

LOL :grin:

I am such a child i know, but this made me smile.

In all seriousness, i can see why they are doing it this way, it just annoys me when landrushes go to auction.
The little guy never stands a chance like this.

 

[Frog]

You wouldn't be breaking any rules. Sunrise part 2 is for unregistered rights holders so I'd guess most companies that are commonly known as a 2 letter abbreviation will fall into one of the first 2 sunrise periods.

Unless you've been running Boys A**es since before 1st January 2008 you wouldn't have a claim on it anyway as that's Nominets cut off date.

Grant

This is what I don't think is unfair. If I want to start up a business in 2011 with "BA" as the initials, in a niche where there are no trademark issues, I should have a fair chance to bid on that domain like anyone else...