Claim to Dominican Republic domain names — eBay lays
A rare case over .do domain names.
eBay has filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization for four domain names that use the Dominican Republic top level domain .do. The four domains are:
ebay.com.do
ebay.do
paypal.com.do
paypal.do
What I find interesting regarding this case is what you see if you visit any of the domains:
DOMAIN FOR SALE
We have adquire this domain in a bulk domain purchase and due to the nature of the domain name it is neccesary to stress out the following statements and facts:
-This is a business transaction we do not do favors.
-We buy generic latin america domain names.
-We are not related and we do not want to be related in any political way or kind with any political party in Dominican Republic.
-This purchase is on the basics of “first come first serve”, who pays owns the domain and we will transfer it.
-Allow 2hrs to verify payment and transfer the domain. We do not transfer domain without payment verification by PayPal.
-Takes 24hrs for complete transer.
Assuming the .do policy is similar to UDRP you can bet eBay will win this case.
