Conflict of interest?

[Mazz 0]

So I work for this company and I recently acquired a domain name they would be VERY interested in. Its the company name .com.

I bought it thinking i could sell it to the company for around $5000-$10000. I was talking with a friend of mine and he said i probably couldnt do it because it would be a huge conflict of interest.

what do you guys think? Maybe i could find a way to sell it to them anonymously.

In the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh?

[normiss 898]

It might depend on what you signed when hired....

[SkyBastard 0]

it depends on how specific the name is and whether you have a valid reason for owning it or not.

EG: boots.com in britain there's a pharmacy chain called boots, recently boots.com was sold to them, but someone sat on it for years, which, with a name like boots, you could get away with, you like boots, you bought the name, fine.

if i snapped up walmart.com before they bought it they could sue me for it as it's a trademarked name, it's specific to them, they'd win and i'd have to hand the domain over to them.

you'll have a job holding companies to ransom for their own name! i don't think it'd do your career prospects any good, and as for selling it anonomously, have you heard of whois.sc?

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[Mazz 0]

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it depends on how specific the name is and whether you have a valid reason for owning it or not.

EG: boots.com in britain there's a pharmacy chain called boots, recently boots.com was sold to them, but someone sat on it for years, which, with a name like boots, you could get away with, you like boots, you bought the name, fine.

if i snapped up walmart.com before they bought it they could sue me for it as it's a trademarked name, it's specific to them, they'd win and i'd have to hand the domain over to them.

you'll have a job holding companies to ransom for their own name! i don't think it'd do your career prospects any good, and as for selling it anonomously, have you heard of whois.sc?

I just completed a trademark search, they do not have the name trademarked.

In the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh?

[theonlyski 8]

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So I work for this company and I recently acquired a domain name they would be VERY interested in. Its the company name .com.

I bought it thinking i could sell it to the company for around $5000-$10000. I was talking with a friend of mine and he said i probably couldnt do it because it would be a huge conflict of interest.

what do you guys think? Maybe i could find a way to sell it to them anonymously.

I could sell it to them for you, 10% fee ofcourse.

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[JSE 1]

You might want to take a look at the anti cybersquating consumer protection act before you do anything that might be illegal.