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Originally Posted by AbbieRose
Chris, I have read of many, many problems with that approach. People were basically made to surrender the domain in the end, suffering the loss themselves.
I am not trying to blackmail a company out of money here, rather to protect myself.
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True. At the very least a complaint to the registrar might result in loosing control of the domain. I've had to do this and while I wasn't given the registration, the original registrant doesn't have control of the domain either. I suspect that the registrar's reaction was a result of the registrant attempting to use the domain for phishing rather than to conduct real business.
Keep in mind that federal and state laws may allow a business to register the same or similar names in some cases. So, depending on these laws it may be legal to register the name and conduct business using the name.