Web Domain - Legal Advice

rdwarr

I once had toys-r-us.co.uk (bought for a specific protest) but gave it "back" to them once the issue was resolved. I knew I had no chance of keeping it anyway.
Full story here.

jozvaldo

Surely if I were cybersquatting then I would have brought the typo as a .com - my domain name is in fact a .info and is actually used for some price comparison I'm running tests on!!

Figment

jozvaldo wrote: »

Surely if I were cybersquatting then I would have brought the typo as a .com - my domain name is in fact a .info and is actually used for some price comparison I'm running tests on!!

The .com is what you said you'd registered

jozvaldo wrote: »

I purchased chuppachups.com around 6 months ago for use as a price comparison site - nothing to do with confectionery???

Irrelevant, but what was your reason for choosing chuppachups in the first place?

googler

jozvaldo wrote: »

I purchased chuppachups.com around 6 months ago for use as a price comparison site - nothing to do with confectionery???

So either you were blissfully unaware that there was already a name in use virtually the same, or you were aware of it and looking to piggyback on them.

If the former then why on earth would you think chuppachups was a good name for a price comp site? What made you think of it?

If the latter, then you've deliberately tried to exploit their name with a spelling variant of it. No?

jozvaldo

My mistake it is a .net but their email is referring to a .com for some strange reason - which is why I originally thought it to be a scam/joke email. I am totally news to this - and it was a genuine mistake - I just came across the domain name as I wanted something cheap! I just want to ensure Im not going to get loads of hassle of a legal nature.

thenudeone

Just offer to sell it the them for £250. That's small beer to them but a weekend away for you:beer:

Figment

jozvaldo wrote: »

My mistake it is a .net but their email is referring to a .com for some strange reason - which is why I originally thought it to be a scam/joke email. I am totally news to this - and it was a genuine mistake - I just came across the domain name as I wanted something cheap! I just want to ensure Im not going to get loads of hassle of a legal nature.

This gets more confusing.

chuppachups.com is already registered to Perfetti Van Melle S.p.A.

chuppachups.info is registered to someone in the UK (presumably this is you)

chuppachups.net is unregistered



If you're certain the email actually came from Perfetti Van Melle S.p.A. or someone acting on their behalf, and not some random chancer, then I'd be inclined to offer it to them for a reasonable price.