Do I have legal writes for someone using a term I made up, had the domain first and they called me?
I thought of a word/term (not going to say what it is)
two words combined
saw nothing on google for it
got a doman name. com with that word
guy calls me after finding it on domainsearch.com
wants to buy domain I say no
stupid tucows (known to have major problems) did not renew it and stupid me did not think I lost it because they never emailed me
Now this person claims on their wikipedia in their new published book they coined the term.
I have proof through history of domains I had it first
Verizon can probably show they called me and I can go back on record
for 15-30 minutes we were on the phone HE ADMITTED he just thought of the name, then searched for a domain, saw I had it
Do I have any rights here? Should I sue or what should I do?
I feel like he used me in the conversation, stole my idea and is claiming lies. He didn’t coin it, he thought of it and saw I had it first and offered to buy it and I said no. – I dont have a recorded convo, but the phone company can possibly prove he called me before he did the book
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August 25th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Yes, see an “intellectual property” lawyer.
August 25th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
It depends, what did you do while you owned the domain. If you have substantial claim that this domain belongs to you, such as a business or celebrity then yes you have a claim. If you simply liked the domain, but did not incorporate it somehow into what ever you were doing, then no, sorry you just lost out.