I was following the case at WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center between Google and a domain name owner. This interesting case was finally over with Google wins the disputed domain names ‘googlenetbiz.com’!
Looks Google has included the email they have received from the previous domain name offer in their affidavit
I will sell my Domain
googlenetbiz.com
for $50000 Only,
Do you Buy it.
According to Google, this is “Thus, the Respondent has offered to sell the disputed domain name for “valuable consideration” in excess of his reasonable out-of pocket costs, which is prima facie evidence of bad faith. Although the Respondent has indeed offered to sell the disputed domain name to the Center and not to the Complainant itself or to a competitor of the Complainant, this fact is and of itself is not germane to the finding of bad faith. As noted above, the circumstances set out in paragraph 4(b) of the Policy, in particular, the subparagraph cited above are not exclusive. The fact that the Respondent has offered to sell the domain name (albeit to the Center and not to the Complainant or to a competitor of the Complainant) is evidence of bad faith.”