"No Spam" wrote in message ...
I guess technically it would
be possible to "buy" any existing the N- number.

Some time ago, I read that Nike bought "N1KE" from its then-current owner.

Also realize that certain combinations aren't valid. A friend thought N0PE would be
a neat number and nobody had it registered. When he tried to get it, he found out why.
You can't have a zero following the N.