By sinha on 31, May, 2009 | Channel: Goog + Orkut

Google gets back Googblog.com domain (from an Indian)

Google has won back the Googblog.com domain name from an Indian national, Herit Shah.

Google filed a case few months back and WIPO has instructed Herit Shah (who registered the domain, googblog from GoDaddy in Sep 2008) to return back the domain to Google.

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Google’s claim:

  • The Complainant has used the name “GOOG” as a NASDAQ financial stock ticker since 2004.
  • The Respondent registered the disputed domain name on September 25, 2008.
  • Pre-Complaint correspondence between the parties failed to resolve the dispute.
  • The Complainant petitions the Panel to issue a decision that the disputed domain name be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant.

Herit Shah’s reply:

“I was in a bad faith that i can legally keep the domain googblog.com but when i kept myself in the place of google i understood i really did very unfair to google. since two weeks i have been trying to delete the domain googblog.com, but i am unable to because godaddy has put my domain on hold, on your consent godaddy may delete the domain or unhold it. I sincerely apologise to Google for infringement, misuse of their intellectual property (GOOGBLOG.COM).” – source

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    6 Responses to Google gets back Googblog.com domain (from an Indian)

    1. Harshil Karia says:
      May 31, 2009 at 2:44 PM

      I dont see the point in putting the ‘(from a Gujju)’ in the title.

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    2. Arpitnext says:
      May 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM

      Agree with Harshil. Is it not offensive?

      Reply
    3. Ashish says:
      May 31, 2009 at 4:48 PM

      The idea was not to offend anybody, but to ensure why we are talking of Google story on pluGGd.in – where we mainly profile India tech related stuff.

      Updated to ‘From an Indian’

      Reply
    4. Sumit says:
      June 1, 2009 at 12:07 AM

      I think that Ashish calling Herit Shah a Gujrati should be treated in a positive spirit.

      Reply
    5. ravi raiya says:
      September 1, 2010 at 12:07 PM

      i think google have to buy such domain to keep their property by using others

      Reply