Grrrrrrrr

[koala]

What's up with The LED Light.com registering the domain name http://www.arcflashlights.com


Vince.

 

[Graham]

Interesting. Given all the stuff that has gone on in previous years regarding trademarks in domain names, I don't think Arc would have any trouble getting it from them if they wanted it.

Graham

 

[x-ray]

Looking on the bright side /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif at least the site will still create sales for Arc.

Better that than a direct competitor get the URL just to reduce Arcs turnover.

 

[treek13]

Try this one http://www.arcflashlight.com !

Pat

 

[Charles Bradshaw]

One additional letter. hehehehehehe

 

[Graham]

That's why a lot of companies go to considerable trouble to register as many possible permutations and misspellings of their name.. although they aren't always successful.

Graham

 

[Catapult]

What if someone takes the site as Arc's official website?

 

[James S]

My favorite story of such "one letter off" scams was between 2 major phone companies. I forget which was which now, but lets say it was AT&T that was hawking 1-800-OPERATOR as their collect call service. but if you dialed 1-800-OPERATER you got MCI (or was it sprint, I don't remember the details)

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[shrap]

I believe companies can use legal action to get names that include their company name, so cybersquatting domain names is slowly dying out.

 

[treek13]

I don't think this counts as cybersquatting. They sell arc flashlights so if the domain name is available, why not use it?

pat