Question for Internet Law Savvy Members

[chamakh]

One of my fairly large competitors owns an example.com.au domain, I've recently contacted the owner of example.com to purchase the domain off him (he's just using it as a placeholder at the moment and is willing to sell).

NB: example.com.au and example.com have completely different owners

My plan was to 301 re-direct example.com to mysite.com as I believe i'd recieve a significant amount of traffic by human error by visitors forgetting the .au.

Is this allowed? Is it worth it, would I receive an SEO benefit assuming people would forget to add in the .au?

Cheers - would provide nudes for help but am at uni at the moment

 

[mont7071]

Does the example.com.au domain name have their trademark in the actual URL?

 

[chamakh]

Yes it does but it's quite a general term.

Also example.com is a lot older than example.com.au (if that even matters..)

 

[papajohn56]

what is this "law" you speak of

 

[tencentpiece]

I would just PM mont or aaron and ask them directly giving them the actual information, if they are in a generous mode they might be able to give you some advice.

does [example] get any traffic? If so, you're probably best building out that site and redirecting mysite.com

 

[lincolndsp]

if the name is a brandable they might take it easily in UDRP if you use it as you described.
example:
BJP.com A 14 Year Old Domain Is Taken in a UDRP Without A Registered Trademark | The Domains

 

[handrewrites]

lol OP needs to see jon's sig.

 

[amateursurgeon]

There's no laws on the Internet. Do whatever you like, it'll never come back to haunt you.