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TikToks.com - Melbourne Teens offered offered $US145,000

Fitness

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News.com.au article today praising Melbourne teens Fotios Tsiouklas and Alan Gokoglu, digital agency raking in the big bucks.
They bought domain name "www.TikToks.com" six months ago for $2,000, to setup a growth service to capitalise on social media platform TikTok.com - They’ve recently been offered $US145,000 for it. In case you don't know, TikTok is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. The TikTok trademark dates back to April 2018.

I can't help but think this will all end in tears... just like the poor saps who registered Facebok.com, Facebooks.com and had to had
them over as a result of a UDRP. How many times have you seen a plural domain name, that clearly infringes on an existing business?
https://www.news.com.au/finance/wor...s/news-story/e4985577ee76d524922101ffe651182b
 

Data Glasses

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News.com.au article today praising Melbourne teens Fotios Tsiouklas and Alan Gokoglu, digital agency raking in the big bucks.
They bought domain name "www.TikToks.com" six months ago for $2,000, to setup a growth service to capitalise on social media platform TikTok.com - They’ve recently been offered $US145,000 for it. In case you don't know, TikTok is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. The TikTok trademark dates back to April 2018.

I can't help but think this will all end in tears... just like the poor saps who registered Facebok.com, Facebooks.com and had to had
them over as a result of a UDRP. How many times have you seen a plural domain name, that clearly infringes on an existing business?
https://www.news.com.au/finance/wor...s/news-story/e4985577ee76d524922101ffe651182b
Whilst you are no doubt correct, it's a little hard to feel sorry for Chinese Company's (you know the stealing of tech and all that stuff) I would happily take the money and run
 

snoopy

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$145,000 offer is little doubt fake as is most of the story in my view.

These guys look to have bought a 2nd hand BMW on credit and that is what the headline should say.
 

Fitness

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I can't help but think this will all end in tears...
Hopefully they can learn from this... not a very sound business idea.
 

Horshack

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My understanding is that using a domain name as a fan site is considered legitimate use so interested to see how this unfolds and whether they use this as a defence.
 

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