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MacBookAir.com Now Apple's. MacBook Air in Stores Friday?
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If you tried to do that, you would be acting in "bad faith", which means Apple can take you to court, will get the domain name handed over to them, and you will be stuffed with the court costs.
As a horrific example of things going seriously wrong, visit www.nissan.com .
If it has "MacBook" in its name, then it is cybersquatting. In this case, it was just a bit of harmless fun. If someone tries to sell it for money, then the registration is made in bad faith and there is trouble.
Completely different situations. The macbookair domain was registered based off rumors. Apple gave no indication they were making the product, nor did they have a trademark for it. MR had every right to purchase and resell the domain.
Nissan was a registered trademark of the car company prior to the nissan.com domain being registered. I believe the trademark was registered to the car company back in the 1950s.
No it isn't. In order for it to be considered 'cybersquatting', macbookair must have been a registered trademark of Apple prior to the domain's existence. Legally, macbook != macbook air. Apple could try to bully you out of it, like they have with so many ipod products and domains, but there is no legal basis for it. If someone actually stood up to apple, the case would be thrown out.
Which further supports an argument that MacRumors received compensation for the domain.
They didn't care and never bothered registering for the other mac lines as domain names, so why are you having a difficult time believing they heard through the usual channels that Arn would give it to them free of charge and they took advantage of it?
Not even in the slightest. Perhaps MR wanted to grab it before someone else, intending to do the nice thing and give it to Apple. Believe it or not, there are still some kind people out there.
That'd be a nice theory IF ARN HADN'T ALREADY TOLD US HE GAVE IT TO APPLE FOR FREE.
For the most part, I'd venture to say that Apple doesn't buy domains. Anything that remotely includes trademarked products would be taken. Since macbookair.com contains macbook, Apple could simply threaten legal action.
You should have held out for a media pass for next year's Macworld. There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't have received one this year. Your coverage was stellar and much appreciated.
You should have held out for a media pass for next year's Macworld.
There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't have received one this year. Your coverage was stellar and much appreciated.