Private equity group drops lawsuit over banks typo (3 Viewing)

NewsBot · Nov 24, 2023

Private equity group drops lawsuit over “banks” typo

SiteTools redirected the Bansk.com domain name to its domain name to divert consumers from Bansk’s online locations to a site accessible under the Bansk.com domain name that could harm the goodwill represented by the Bansk mark, either for commercial gain or with the intent to tarnish or disparage the Bansk mark, by creating a likelihood of confusion as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the site(s) accessible under the Bansk.com domain name.

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MapleDots · Nov 24, 2023

Yup, they definitely could have offered more than 10k for the domain

DomainRecap · Nov 24, 2023

Love to know what happened there, as Bansk.com is now forwarding to BanskGroup.com.

Was a sale part of the deal?

MapleDots · Nov 25, 2023

If you read the lawsuit, they had no chance in winning. A sale was the only logical alternative and that means dropping the suit first.

DomainRecap · Nov 25, 2023

Oh I know they tried to pull that idiotic "every renewal is a new registration" bonehead scam and were never going to win, but I would like to confirm a sale took place.

MapleDots · Nov 25, 2023

Or.... something we have not considered....

The owner of the domain caved and gave it away not wanting to fight a lawsuit.

DomainRecap · Nov 25, 2023

MapleDots said:
The owner of the domain caved and gave it away not wanting to fight a lawsuit.

I doubt he did, but that's always a possibility.

More likely he caved on the price.

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