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NBA Star The Robin Hood of Domain Names
Popular NBA player Chris Bosh recently won a court battle in California against a cybersquatter who had registered chrisbosh.com, along with the names of many other athletes and celebrities. In April, the Court granted Bosh custody of his own domain name, as well as a $120,000 USD award. Based on Bosh’s lawyer’s concerns that the cybersquatter would not pay the award, Bosh instead asked for the rights to the 800 other domain names owned by the cybersquatter. In October, he was awarded custody of these domains.
Bosh, a tech-savvy player with a popular Tweet and his own YouTube channel, has offered to return the domains to those players and celebrities to whom they belong, including NBA players, racecar drivers, celebrities’ children, and even promising high school athletes. Bosh is not asking for any payment for the return of these domains to their namesakes, and his offer has already been taken up by a number of athletes.
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