Comments on: Dr. Seuss 2.0 http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/07/dr-seuss-20/ Consulting services in online community strategy, community management, blogging, social media, Yahoo Pipes, open source, and web 2.0. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:28:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Aaron Johnson http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/07/dr-seuss-20/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Aaron Johnson Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:47:21 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=309#comment-704 Since I actually get to read Dr. Seuss books at night to the kid... Zillow? A Dr. Seuss character from the book: There's a Wocket In My Pocket. :) AJ Since I actually get to read Dr. Seuss books at night to the kid… Zillow? A Dr. Seuss character from the book: There’s a Wocket In My Pocket.
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AJ

]]> By: Bart Massey http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/12/07/dr-seuss-20/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Bart Massey Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:58:29 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=309#comment-703 Domain name squatters are a sad lot. They're all so far underwater that their next purchase will be davey-jones.org. How would *you* like to be the idiot who purchased 100 domains at $10 each for a year, and are now sitting and holding that lottery ticket? If you have a name you like, and it's being squatted, try offering the squatter $50 or so. If they don't take it, register the trademark anyway and politely notify them of your intent to file a WIPO UDRP action (http://www.sosdomaines.com/index.php?service_id=11), offering them the $50 again. The trademark (http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageA.htm) will cost you roughly $300. If you actually have to go to WIPO, it will cost you $1500-$2000, but you'll always win. IMHO a decent name is worth $2000. I suspect that if the defendant had any money, you could also recover this cost plus damages through a civil suit---but I'm not a lawyer, and in any case none of them ever do. We got http://nickle.org just by offering the money. Domain name squatters are a sad lot. They’re all so far underwater that their next purchase will be davey-jones.org. How would *you* like to be the idiot who purchased 100 domains at $10 each for a year, and are now sitting and holding that lottery ticket?

If you have a name you like, and it’s being squatted, try offering the squatter $50 or so. If they don’t take it, register the trademark anyway and politely notify them of your intent to file a WIPO UDRP action (http://www.sosdomaines.com/index.php?service_id=11), offering them the $50 again. The trademark (http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageA.htm) will cost you roughly $300. If you actually have to go to WIPO, it will cost you $1500-$2000, but you’ll always win.

IMHO a decent name is worth $2000. I suspect that if the defendant had any money, you could also recover this cost plus damages through a civil suit—but I’m not a lawyer, and in any case none of them ever do.

We got http://nickle.org just by offering the money.

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