Yahoo has taken over the Flicker.com domain
After a year of trials with the AshantiPLC business company, Yahoo still got the domain name flicker.com . As you know, the name of the web photo web service Flickr was distorted in due time precisely because the domain flicker.com was busy.
After buying a photo service, Yahoo began to sue the owners of Flicker.com, hoping to bring down the price before the purchase or even select the domain for free.
AshantiPLC is owned by an investor of Israeli origin, Sahara Sarid, who has been in business for eight years. The company bought a domain at eBay for $ 55,000 in July 2006, after which it earned money on traffic and repeatedly rejected offers to sell the domain, including for $ 700,000. An advertisement for photo equipment manufacturers was posted on the site.
The claim against AshantiPLC was filed in July 2009 ( PDF ). The main argument for the defense was that the Flicker.com domain was registered back in 1998, whereas the Flickr service was launched in 2004, so any legal claims against the domain owners in the “name capture” are groundless. In addition, the word “flicker” is commonly used, so a trademark violation is out of the question (protection position, PDF ). Apparently, Yahoo had no chance in court.
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After a year of proceedings, the parties reached an agreement and entered into an agreement, the details of which were not disclosed.
After buying a photo service, Yahoo began to sue the owners of Flicker.com, hoping to bring down the price before the purchase or even select the domain for free.
AshantiPLC is owned by an investor of Israeli origin, Sahara Sarid, who has been in business for eight years. The company bought a domain at eBay for $ 55,000 in July 2006, after which it earned money on traffic and repeatedly rejected offers to sell the domain, including for $ 700,000. An advertisement for photo equipment manufacturers was posted on the site.
The claim against AshantiPLC was filed in July 2009 ( PDF ). The main argument for the defense was that the Flicker.com domain was registered back in 1998, whereas the Flickr service was launched in 2004, so any legal claims against the domain owners in the “name capture” are groundless. In addition, the word “flicker” is commonly used, so a trademark violation is out of the question (protection position, PDF ). Apparently, Yahoo had no chance in court.
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After a year of proceedings, the parties reached an agreement and entered into an agreement, the details of which were not disclosed.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/96499/
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