What are the legal risks of buying an expired domain name that used to belong to a defunct tech startup in Austin?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What are the legal risks of buying an expired domain name that used to belong to a defunct tech startup in Austin?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
US trademark law expired domain name purchase cybersquatting ACPA UDRP abandoned startup trademark rights USPTOGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
ICANN UDRP policy elements trademark domain bad faith officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Texas Secretary of State business entity termination winding up assets intellectual property trademark bankruptcy domain nameGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
US trademark law expired domain name purchase cybersquatting ACPA UDRP abandoned startup trademark rights USPTO Google ↗
ICANN UDRP policy elements trademark domain bad faith official Google ↗
Texas Secretary of State business entity termination winding up assets intellectual property trademark bankruptcy domain name Google ↗
- Form 651 - Instructions for Certificate of Termination of a Domestic Entity · sos.state.tx.us
- BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE CHAPTER 11. WINDING UP AND TERMINATION OF DOMESTIC ENTITY · tcss.legis.texas.gov
- Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy · icann.org
- Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy · icann.org
- Trademark process · uspto.gov
- cybersquatting | Wex | US Law · law.cornell.edu
- USPTO Trademark Search · tmsearch.uspto.gov
- Texas Secretary of State · sos.state.tx.us
- USPTO Trademark Assignments · uspto.gov
- Internet Archive / Wayback Machine · web.archive.org
- WIPO Domain Dispute Resources · wipo.int
- Federal Bankruptcy Court Records (PACER) · pacer.uscourts.gov
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US trademark law expired domain name purchase cybersquatting ACPA UDRP abandoned startup trademark rights USPTO OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
ICANN UDRP policy elements trademark domain bad faith official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Texas Secretary of State business entity termination winding up assets intellectual property trademark bankruptcy domain name OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |