Mike Mann’s friend gets embarrassed on Facebook

One cannot feel too secure these days; Facebook is the ultimate virtual location to disclose one’s secrets and post embarrassing, drunk images.

Facebook is an active playground for uber-domainer Mike Mann, who is not concerned about the general public perusing his conversations; in fact, he seems to be encouraging it.

Even if you lock your own account, however, your friends might choose to keep theirs public.

A funny conversation ensued recently, between Mike Mann and a friend of his – we decided to only display his first name in order to save him from further embarrassing himself.

Apparently Brandon is looking for a domain about iPhone applications but he’s not willing to pay for the one that’s already registered.

In fact, Brandon sets up a devious scheme: he plans to register the dashed variant, in order to subsequently register the trademark and then sue the owners of the non-dashed .com !

Brandon, before you pay a lawyer $300 /hour to sue those poor guys that were able to grab your dream domain before it became a spec of your imagination, make sure you contact an IP attorney with WIPO experience to discuss trademarks and how they can (or in this case, cannot) be enforced in a UDRP. Specifically, ask what a “reverse hijacking” attempt is.

The entire exchange is displayed below for your enjoyment. 😀

No comments! Mike, help your friend out with some free domainer seminars.



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