Under the UDRP, they would probably succeed at taking the name from
you.
Whether they could do it in a court of law...is a question you should
ask an attorney.
Thursday, March 15, 2001, 11:38:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Last week, I signed up a membership with a franchise of Golds Gym. Well 2
> days later when I showed up to work out at 5am they where closed. A sign on
> the window stated that they filed bankruptcy. Well in pursing there
> attorney, I found that they where going to open back up. Well, several
> months prior to this they ran the domain www.goldsgymseattle.com and they
> let it go. I went ahead and registered it. My thinking was they took my
> money and left. Well I figured if I have the Domain, I would get my
> membership back free of charge in trade for the domain name. I have heard
> nothing yet from them and have not even spoke with the, in regards to this.
> I feel that the money I paid that they ran off with should be refunded since
> they signed me up knowing that they can not full-fill my contract. If I did
> this with a credit card to a credit card company, I would get thrown in the
> slammer for fraud. I also feel that they are lucky I was the one who
> registered it since I want to trade it for no money and to get simply what I
> paid for. I figure if they do contact me, I would request a Lifetime
> unlimited membership with the Bellevue and Renton, WA Club that took my
> money. There would be no money exchanged. I JUST WANT WHAT IS AND WAS
> RIGHTFULLY MINE. Also, is www.ihatemicrosoft.com cybersquatting? It is
> simly modified? SO MY QUESTION IS, AM I CYBER SQUATTING? I just heard this
> term yesterday.
> Thanks
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> .
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
