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looks like it's the name of a big multinational co, that runs on the .com, so not a surprise.
otherwise, I don't think it's a domain anyone would hand reg!
Good example of a big company buying in .ca to protect their trademark, or for a move into the country.
otherwise, I don't think it's a domain anyone would hand reg!
Good example of a big company buying in .ca to protect their trademark, or for a move into the country.
How the heck is he selling .ca's ?
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A typo there, it definitely wasn't Treehouse. Someone else I know owns that one.
Looks like CIRA has no interest in enforcing the Canadian Presence requirements.
Canadian Presence Requirements for Registrants – CIRA
Either they should enforce the requirements, or eliminate the requirements.
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They enforce the requirements when advised, but not proactively.
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Yes, with that added increase in our fees, they should be more proactive about enforcing those requirements. I'd like to see them use that money to actually do something for the betterment of .CA rather than just giving our money away like they seem to want to do.
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How do we know he didn't just broker the deal on behalf of a Canadian? That's what first came to mind for me but I guess it's not explicitly explained that way.
The domain was in TBR on Dec 30th 2015, which is the same date as the registration date. Just a fun fact i noticed and thought i'd share.
The domain was in TBR on Dec 30th 2015, which is the same date as the registration date. Just a fun fact i noticed and thought i'd share.
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Yep, and it looks like it was a hand-reg.
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I checked and it was actually the 119th pick that TBR (out of 147), so not a handreg, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if it were handreg.
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This time is crazy though, 2015-12-30 20:27:52 - that's almost 28 minutes after the TBR started so it must have been some registrar (who fell asleep at the wheel) picking up stragglers or just hand-registering stuff during the open window.
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Telehouse has been around since 1987 (and they've owned telehouse.com since 1998.) I thought that buying domain names for existing businesses was considered "cybersquatting" or "domain squatting?" I've also heard that trademarks from other countries could potentially be enforced in Canada, despite not having an existing Canadian Trademark.
Is it okay for Canadians to buy .ca domains that are connected to US companies, that do not currently own trademarks in Canada?
Is it okay for Canadians to buy .ca domains that are connected to US companies, that do not currently own trademarks in Canada?
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Not really, especially if it something fully trademarkable like Google or Binance, but this one is more in the middle and probably why it ended up in a sale vs. a CDRP.
But this would not cover something generic like a US company using a word, name or place (and the vast amount of LLLs) as only in extreme cases would those pass the litmus test (like IBM).
So you could rightfully buy Finance.ca, no matter if someone was operating on Finance.com, but I wouldn't recommend Binance.ca.
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When you say ok I am not sure whether you mean legally or morally but legally the answer would be yes, perhaps morally as well dependant upon your intention
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I would respectfully disagree here DR. The example you give is off because Google owns a canadian TM - binance on the other hand does not and binance.ca appears to be owned by someone other than Binance. Not worth registering however as apart from the TM owner who would ever want it but i don't think there's any real legal risk in buying it
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I'm not talking about winning a domain in a CDRP, I'm talking about losing the entire war, bigtime.
There are a lot of different ways of trying to grab a domain than just the UDRP/CDRP. And do to you really want to get sued by a company like Binance and not only potentially lose the domain, but pay a mountain in legal fees + potential damages? You might win but you'll still lose a ton of $$$ doing so, which is the entire point.
As famed domain lawyer John Berryhill likes to say, you may win the domain, but is that really the hill you want to die on?
And this seems to be a moot point right now, as Binance obviously doesn't want Binance.ca, as they're either buy it or bury the owner in legal fees.
I guess the question about Binance is, is it a legal Canadian crypto exchange. Ones like Coinbase, coinsquare, bitbuy, are covered by regulation, but I don't know if Binance is. If they aren't a legal entity in Canada, I don't know how they could sue for the domain.
Binance is such a huge company, they'd probably be able to make a healthy offer to buy the domain anyway for an amount that is meaningless to them.
Binance is such a huge company, they'd probably be able to make a healthy offer to buy the domain anyway for an amount that is meaningless to them.
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