Surrender of GoogBlog.com to Google

Ceres · #1 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 04:58 AM

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I was in a bad faith that i can legally keep the domain googblog.com but when i kept myself in the place of google i understood i really did very unfair to google. since two weeks i have been trying to delete the domain googblog.com, but i am unable to because godaddy has put my domain on hold, on your consent godaddy may delete the domain or unhold it. I sincerely apologise to Google for infringement, misuse of their intellectual property (GOOGBLOG.COM).

WIPO Case - GoogBlog.com

pubdomains.in · #2 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 10:47 AM

Phew... stay away from anything that has a G in it, just because NASDAQ symbol is GOOG, next it would be infringement if I use a capital G in my First name, since that is the favicon used by the mighty....

Thanks Ceres for brinqinq this to our notice (notice no g / only Q .. how bout QOOQBLOQ.com

arrrrrrrrrr nasty one...

Cheers

Ceres · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2009, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pubdomains.in

next it would be infringement if I use a capital G in my First name, since that is the favicon used by the mighty....

pubdomains.in, I don't think it will ever get that bad...or at least I hope not!

I don't think it was unreasonable for Google to go about this domain name. As soon as I saw GoogBlog.com I thought of Google. Hey, do you really think the respondent wasn't thinking of Google when he registered GoogBlog.com?

chandan · #4 (**permalink**) 05-30-2009, 03:42 AM

seems they are breaking the rule "dont be evil"

chandan · #5 (**permalink**) 05-30-2009, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by pubdomains.in

Phew... stay away from anything that has a G in it, just because NASDAQ symbol is GOOG, next it would be infringement if I use a capital G in my First name, since that is the favicon used by the mighty....

Thanks Ceres for brinqinq this to our notice (notice no g / only Q .. how bout QOOQBLOQ.com

arrrrrrrrrr nasty one...

Cheers

funny GOOG.tlds are in parked

and .com is since 1997

pubdomains.in · #6 (**permalink**) 05-30-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Ceres

I don't think it was unreasonable for Google to go about this domain name. As soon as I saw GoogBlog.com I thought of Google. Hey, do you really think the respondent wasn't thinking of Google when he registered GoogBlog.com?

I agree - Goog would remind you of Google and the respondent must have had the motive to encash the similarity. Very tempted to register Goggle / Goggles + blog though...

Thx
G

Ace · #7 (**permalink**) 05-30-2009, 04:01 PM

Just reminds me to the famous saying about IRS:
"We have got what it takes to take what you have got"