Someone took my .com company name!!!!!

[schmeetz]

I live in Quebec, Canada. My friend has a Canadian Incorporated company called Secur-Vision. They have been using this name for 22 years and have been around for 50.

A local French company decided to call their product Sécur-Vision. Notice the accent on the e. Now my friend contested and the courts said since the product is not targeting the same market, incorporated in Quebec and will be doing business only in Quebec it's fine.

Sécur-Vision bought the .com before we did. Can we take it back?

I’ve read about these situations in the past and the rightful owner is usually the Inc. Has anyone encountered a similar dilemma?

[jestep]

I doubt that you would be able to take it back.

If your company was incorporated first and you are able to prove this then it may be possible for you to get the domain name, but most likely what would happen would be the other company would have to stop using the domain name, in which case you still wouldn't get to use it, because they would keep it and just not have a site up. Either way you would end up spending thousands of dollars in lawyer and court fees, without any definite outcome.

I would ask first if its really worth that much to you. If not, then I would drop it and find a different name. If it is worth the effort, best of luck in your reclamation pursuit.

[DVDsPlusMore]

Sécur-Vision bought the .com before we did. Can we take it back?

Maybe try:

SECUR-VISIONONLINE.COM
SECUR-VISIONWEB.COM
SECUR-VISIONSITE.COM
SECUR-VISIONHOME.COM

(all above are wide open and available)

or SECUR-VISION.CA

(not sure about this one)

Be creative in your search! And, good luck!

Best,

James @ DVDsPlusMore (http://www.dvdsplusmore.com/)

[JKomp]

Hmmm, I would say the best thing would be to try to establish good relations with this company. Offer them reciprocal links on each respective homepage. E.g. Look in for ......? Click here.

It has worked for me in the past. Good luck with it anyway. Merry Xmas.