NameJet: Trillian.com ends at $7,599 but there is a catch

TM dilution is not the business of a UDRP

TM domains should be avoided.

The domain name Trillian.com ended at $7,599 a few minutes ago at NameJet, after several bidders battled it out into extended time.

Trillian.com was registered in 1995 and gained notoriety and insane amounts of traffic in the very early 2000’s, due to the existence of a popular chat software by the same name, that never used that domain.

There were three bidders above the $5,000 mark which requires payments to be made in crispy cash or eletronic dollars – but not with a credit card. User “hxcai” placed the winning bid.

It seems, however, that there is a registered trademark for “Trillian”, as seen at the USPTO. This, might complicate things, as the term was registered for:

“Downloadable computer software for accessing, creating and transmission of instant messages, e-mail and voice over Internet protocol communications; downloadable computer software for accessing and using electronic social networks”

In other words, if the auction winner attempts to capitalize on the fame of the chat software or use the domain in a manner that’d infringe on the above, they might be getting a UDRP. That’s why it’s important to perform due diligence prior to bidding on domain names.

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