Dominic Hulewicz, the owner of a British internet consulting firm, registered the domain name MyPalm.com and used it for e-mail. Palm Inc. subsequently launched its new service for the Palm PDA called MyPalm, announcing the title before securing the rights to the domain name. It then threatened legal action against Hulewicz, demanding that he transfer the domain name to the company.
Hulewicz said that he had never attempted to sell his domain name and was refusing to transfer the name. However, he states that Palm Inc. has since changed its attitude and he is now close to a deal whereby he can keep he e-mail address and Palm will pay him an undisclosed sum to redirect all visitors to MyPalm.com to Palm Inc’s own web site.
Hulewicz has already redirected traffic to the company’s site as an act of goodwill.