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University of Arizona Student Guards His Internet Domain Names.(Originated from Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn.)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 1996 by Romenesko, James
May 28--Matthew Grossman collects Internet domain names as trophies.
The 21-year-old University of Arizona student has registered dozens of trademark names, including 7up.com., dirtdevil.com and universalstudios.com, only to give them up for token gifts.
Grossman asked for and received a case of Seven-Up and a T-shirt for giving up the name to the soft-drink maker. He got 10 amusement-park passes when he turned over knotsberryfarm.com.
Some of his other transactions: a vacuum cleaner for dirtdevil.com, a case of ice cream for breyers.com, and surfwear for billabong.com.
"I always ask for something that really doesn't cost the company," says Grossman, who says he registered about 100 names before Internic -- the firm that handles domain name...
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