Domain Name ownership rights

A while back I wrote an article about “Domain Name ownership rights”, I had an issue registering the name of “our company domain” under company’s name. One of the former IT consultants who worked for the company registered the domain under his name and was refusing to transfer it over unless we paid him a large sum of money. Eventually, I managed to resolve the issue without paying him anything.

Few days ago, I have seen a post on my previous blog on this topic. I wanted to post a reply by Vassilis Manoussos, E-Crime Consultant at www.StrathclydeForensics.co.uk

“I do not know if you have resolved this issue, but I would suggest the following:

1. Domain names are registered on a first come first served case (REMEMBER THIS)
2. Every registrar has their own dispute procedures (READ THEM)
3. If he registered the domain under his name, but you paid for the actual registration fee (or he charged you for that) then you have ownership. It is if you gave someone to buy a laptop for you. You paid it, it is yours.
4. Have your lawyers sue him for breach of trust

At the same time, if he hosts your email servers and accounts you are in big trouble. He can read, copy, and sell any email info he wants.

What I suggest is that you find a very similar domain name. i.e., if your domain is www.yusufcompany.com then register www.yusuf-company.com and also all the relevant domains (.net, .biz, and if you work internationally the relevant domain names abroad like .ca for Canada, .it for Italy or .co.uk for the UK).

Have you emails change over a weekend and email your business partners on Monday morning.

If he is hosting your company site (your details, your logos etc) that you can have them removed with a court order

If you regain your old domain name, have it also point towards the same site

so you can have

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