Domain Name Dispute Resolution Done Right

Jailbrekr writes "Domain Name conflicts: A happy ending (for once). The other day, I received a rather kind, yet startling ICQ message from a person who owns the company Digital Addiction Inc, asking for me to contact him regarding our use of the name Digital Addiction. As I am part owner of a gaming news site called Feed the Need: DigitalAddiction.net, I immediately thought of the hell that others have gone through with domain name disputes, and had these horrid thoughts of prolonged legal battles and being dragged through the various pseudo-legal dispute resolution processes.

"It only took us 5 minutes by phone to resolve the potential dispute.

"I was amazed, and pleasantly surprised that we were able to work out a reasonable solution (cross linking the sites). Ethan (the owner of Digital Addiction Inc.) was only concerned about individuals mistaking one site for another. No pissing match, no claim of absolute ownership of the name. No threats of legal action. He just wanted to make sure no-one got confused btw. the two sites.

"Other companies (like Mattel) can learn from Ethans example....."

Comments

How it should be done

[radja]

someone seems to have a clue. unfortunately it looks like this slashdot publicity is a little too late: digital addiction (the com one) is quitting. a pity... Oh well.. nothing else to do than wish Ethan better luck on his next venture.

//rdj

I sold mrbill.com a while back.

[www.sorehands.com]

Before I took sorehands.com, I had mrbill.com.

I ended up selling the domain for a small amount of money, an official Mr. Bill t-shirt, and agreement on some links and forwarding.

When I first was contacted, I was a little nervous so looked at the situation to prepare for battle. Though it was a good day to die, I was glad that it didn't need to come to that.

As for Mattel, it seems as they don't want to learn -- they must be taught.