Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Kentucky

Re: Domain Ownership

From your facts, you do own the domain. I know domain law and can assist you in this matter. Contact me directly if you want to know more.

Re: Domain Ownership

My vote is that you are NOT entitled to keep the domain name. Both sides erred (especially this long into the Internet history) in not getting a written contract, but the equity should fall ont eh side of thte non-profit organization.

Why? Because the minutes clearly reflect that you registered the domain name FOR the organization. They gave you permission and that's what you did. They relied upon that ownership interest for 2 years in allowing you to manage their website.

Now that they want to change management, you want to take all that work and keep them from the benefit of their domain name. Sure, they could change it, but why should they when everyone (including you) operated on the basis that the website and property located there was for them.

No promises, but if they took it to arbitration, chances are you would get the value of the registrations returned to you, but they would keep the domain name.

This is an excellent opportunity to introduce mediation, because something can be worked out for both sides. The relationship obviously soured and both sides need to be heard, yet there is a single resource that both sides can't have. If you can't negotiate it, then either side has to give something up, and in that event, no one is going to be happy and a 2-year relationship would have been trashed.

Re: Domain Ownership

Yes. Minutes reflect that you have owned the domain but you have no authenticate paper. On the basis of reflection in minutes you can avail to earn the power as the domain owner though it is very critical.

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