Hijacked domain name
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My client, NY Orthodontics (I did not use the client’s real name), registered two domains on 5/1/2015 – nyorthdontics.com and nyortho.com (not the real names). Their website is nyortho.com and the domain nyorthodontics.com is redirected to nyortho.com in case someone mistakenly tries to access nyorthodontics.com. If I Google NY Orthodontics, the first thing that comes up is nyorthodontics.wordpress.com. The Google snippet below the site title has the date May 1, 2015 – which I assume is the date it was started and the same date the domains were registered by my client. The site appears to be a shell as there is minimal generic information in it. No address, names, etc. My client did not create the nyorthodontics.wordpress.com site and its creating quite a bit of confusion with patients who search for NY Orthodontics. Short of trademarking the NY Orthodontics name and resorting to the courts, is there anything I can do to get this site taken down or at least contact the person who started the site? I posted through the contact page and got an automated response asking me to Confirm so I can receive email notification when new comments are posted. I won’t hold my breath for a response. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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Please read https://automattic.com/trademark-policy/
My client did not create the nyorthodontics.wordpress.com site and its creating quite a bit of confusion with patients who search for NY Orthodontics. Short of trademarking the NY Orthodontics name and resorting to the courts, is there anything I can do to get this site taken down or at least contact the person who started the site? I posted through the contact page and got an automated response asking me to Confirm so I can receive email notification when new comments are posted. I won’t hold my breath for a response. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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