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Files UDRP against domain “held for ransom” — Foster agency

Agency decided to file cybersquatting complaint rather than pay £9,000.

Earlier this month I wrote regarding a UK foster agency that forgot to renew its domain name and then complained that it was being “held for ransom” by someone who registered it upon expiration.

The person who bought LittleAcornsFostering.com allegedly asked the foster agency for £9,000 if it wanted to buy the domain from him.

That’s a pretty hefty price for this domain name, so the foster agency decided to take another approach that could result in the domain owner getting nothing. It filed a UDRP with World Intellectual Property Organization.

Firms that have let domain names lapse have won UDRPs in the past, and I’d guess this case is in the foster agency’s hands to lose.

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