Fate of financier R. Allen Stanford in jury's hands. updated Guilty!!

ok lets agree to that but strong arm tactics from a multi billionaire? he coulda said here is 200$ and story done

the man went with bullying tactics when just a token would have been enough to transer. it made no sense

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ok lets agree to that but strong arm tactics from a multi billionaire? he coulda said here is 200$ and story done
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maybe im jaded since the ruling. i deal with legalities and good faith/bad faith as part of my job.

from my new eyes, i see this as a case of bad faith attempt to capitalize on common law trademark.

check out all the websites with celebrity names without the celebrity registering it.  Well how come a brilliant man like him wasnt brilliant enough to register?

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maybe im jaded since the ruling. i deal with legalities and good faith/bad faith as part of my job.

from my new eyes, i see this as a case of bad faith attempt to capitalize on common law trademark.
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move away from bad faith as you see it for a second. did this man have to go that level. seems ridiculous to me.

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move away from bad faith as you see it for a second. did this man have to go that level. seems ridiculous to me.
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arbitration is level 1 option for domain issues and the most amicable. it's actually a UN initiative.

if they emailed you and you asked for money, you would have been violating the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

Quote:Under the ACPA (Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act) a cybersquatter can be held liable for actual damages or statutory damages in the amount of a maximum of $100,000 for each name found to be in violation, although application of this act in the form of actual fines assessed are few in number.

they could have easily sued for infringement, damages related to use of the name.

you are logical, you understand this. doesn't matter knowledge of law/precedents.

HOUSTON -- A federal jury has resumed deliberations in the fraud trial of jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford on charges he bilked $7 billion from investors in a massive Ponzi scheme.
Jurors in Houston continued deciding Stanford’s fate on Monday.
The jury has been deliberating since Wednesday.
Defense attorneys told jurors that Stanford made money for investors who bought certificates of deposit from his Caribbean bank.
Prosecutors countered that Stanford took investors’ money and flushed it away on failed businesses and a lavish lifestyle.
If convicted, Stanford could be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. His trial began Jan. 23.

Darlene Teel, 46, Stanford’s half sister, said she is encouraged by the length of the jury’s deliberations, which are in their fourth day. “He’s innocent,” she said.

HOUSTON — A federal jury on Tuesday convicted R. Allen Stanford, a Texas financier, on 13 out of 14 counts of fraud in connection with a worldwide fraud that lasted more than two decades and involved more than $7 billion in investments.                  The ruling came after jurors on Monday sent the judge a note, one of several since deliberations began Feb. 29, saying they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on all 14 counts. The judge ordered them to continue deliberating.