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china trying to steal my domain name

The Vector Doctor

The Vector Doctor

Chief Bezier Manipulator
I know China is famous for not recognizing trademarks, designs, products etc from other countries. Is there anything I can do to prevent the following from happening? A domain name company contacted me advising that they have a client wanting to register the following website addresses and they are all based in Asia. Anything I can do short of buying them myself? I don't have the funds or desire to buy every possible combination available in the world

vectordoctor.asia
vectordoctor.cn
vectordoctor.cn.com
vectordoctor.com.cn
vectordoctor.com.hk
vectordoctor.hk
vectordoctor.in
vectordoctor.net.cn
vectordoctor.org.cn
vectordoctor.中国
vectordoctor.co.in
vectordoctor.com.tw
vectordoctor.tw

At present, we haven't passed their application, we need your opinion. If your company consider these names of importance to your company's business or interest, I suggest that your company register these names first so as to avoid confusion or speculation. Of course, If you don't want to protect your intellectual property rights, then my suggestion is your company give up these names so that we can finish registering for them as per our duty. Please give me your company's decision as soon as possible in order to handle this issue better.
have a nice day.
 
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oksigns

New Member
The Vector Doctor said:
I know China is famous for not recognizing trademarks, designs, products etc from other countries. Is there anything I can do to prevent the following from happening? A domain name company contacted me advising that they have a client wanting to register the following website addresses and they are all based in Asia. Anything I can do short of buying them myself? I don't have the funds or desire to buy every possible combination available in the world

vectordoctor.asia
vectordoctor.cn
vectordoctor.cn.com
vectordoctor.com.cn
vectordoctor.com.hk
vectordoctor.hk
vectordoctor.in
vectordoctor.net.cn
vectordoctor.org.cn
vectordoctor.中国
vectordoctor.co.in
vectordoctor.com.tw
vectordoctor.tw

At present, we haven't passed their application, we need your opinion. If your company consider these names of importance to your company's business or interest, I suggest that your company register these names first so as to avoid confusion or speculation. Of course, If you don't want to protect your intellectual property rights, then my suggestion is your company give up these names so that we can finish registering for them as per our duty. Please give me your company's decision as soon as possible in order to handle this issue better.
have a nice day.
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If your business relies on the internet and you want to maintain any sort of visibility and reputation you have built on the internet, I'd buy those domains. It only takes 1 other competitor, in your space with the same name, to muddy the waters.

How much is your presence worth on the internet?
 
Dennis422

Dennis422

New Member
It is a scam!
I get those 3-4 times a year.
Do not know how it works, but they do not have anything to do with the domain names.
 
Billct2

Billct2

Active Member
Sounds like a scam to me also, even if they have the capacity to register the names.
Why would they bother contacting you? These things are usually done "blind" online,
without anyone actually being involved.
 
signcrafters london

signcrafters london

New Member
+3 on the scam. You can tell from the message they sent you that is a Chinese person speaking English. Better than most Chinese English to be sure, but still Chinese English, nonetheless.
 
Christian @ 2CT Media

Christian @ 2CT Media

Active Member
It may not be a scam per se, it may be like what my client went through and it's more extortion.

They want you to pay now or they will register those domains and start a redirect war, causing your page to feed over to their similar domains.
 
The Vector Doctor

The Vector Doctor

Chief Bezier Manipulator
Kentucky Wraps

Kentucky Wraps

Kentucky Wraps
I wouldn't even reply to the email.
none of those domains have a .com suffix so they have no berring on your business whatsoever, that is unless you have a market in China or India.
I get emails all the time for people wanting to know if I want to buy a domain they own that is similar to mine. I just ignore them.

I will say, I do own some domains that some folks in our industry would be interested in buying from me...as I don't think I'll be able to use them as I wanted.
 
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ProPDF

New Member
It's a scam. You probably couldn't buy that .CN domain alone if you wanted to due to the restrictions China has on domains. It's a good idea to buy your business name in other extensions though on sites like godaddy.
 
signbrad

signbrad

New Member

I know China is famous for not recognizing trademarks, designs, products etc from other countries.
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I doubt that these scams are connected to the Chinese government. They are just unscrupulous individuals looking for cash.

China is a signatory to the Berne Convention regarding intellectual property. I don't know the country's history regarding their respect for intellectual property treaties, but just recently (2014) a Chinese court awarded a significant victory to Deere & Company, a US farm equipment manufacturer, in an infringement lawsuit against Jotec, a heavy equipment maker based in Beijing.
The case is noteworthy because it's the first infringement lawsuit regarding trademarked colors in China.
Deere sued for infringement when Jotec began painting machines using green and yellow similar to the color scheme used on Deere equipment. The colors were not exactly the John Deere colors, but close enough to be infringement, according to the court decision. In addition to injunctive relief, the court awarded damages of 450,000 Yen.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-01/08/content_17223820.htm

Protection for colors is a relatively new thing in trademark law and it's not easy to obtain for a color or color scheme. Among of the early registrations for color in the US were Tiffany & Company (blue) and Owens Corning Insulation (pink). More recently, T Mobile obtained protection for magenta. Deere & Company could not get protection for green in 1982—it was considered too utilitarian—but the company now has a number of registrations for green and yellow configurations (like green body/yellow wheels, and green body/yellow stripe) on specific equipment. The Boise (Idaho) State Broncos college football team has registered a trademark for the non-green color of their playing field. It's been called Smurf Blue.:wink:

Brad in Kansas City
 
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player

New Member
[h=1]Scam to register Asian domain names[/h] May, 14 2014




For several years, Asian companies have been pressuring firms to register identical domain names in Asian Top-Level-Domains (TLDs). It is a kind of scam called “Slamming”, and is an illegal practice to mislead firms in order to sell them unsolicited services.
[h=2]Unknown third party, pressure, threats, high prices…[/h]The slamming scam always begins with an email, written in English and adressed to the CEO of the targeted company. The hustler tries to contact the manager who is often ignorant of the rules related to domain names.
They present themselves as accredited Asian registrars, mainly in China. This unknown third party notifies the firm that one of their clients wants to register domain names containing the trademark of the tartget of the scam.
The eager Asian "registrar" realized that the targeted firm owns the rights to the domain names in question. For “ethical” reasons, the Asian provider kindly offers to register the domain in the name of the target instead of for their “client”. The prices are often prohibitive. The greedy scammer threatens to proceed with the initial domain registration request if the rights holder does not purchase the domain names within seven to fifteen days.

http://www.keepalert.com/slamming-scam-register-asian-domain-names
 
GAC05

GAC05

Quit buggin' me
It has to be a scam.
If China really wanted those domain names they could manufacture them cheaper than you could buy the raw materials wholesale.


wayne k
guam usa
 
Gene@mpls

Gene@mpls

New Member
I got a half dozen of these this morning- I love when you get multiple copys of spamware- don't even have to look at them. Gene
 
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