Directory > Computers > Internet > Domain Names > Disputed Domain Names Trademark Protection on the Internet in for Non Top-Level Domains Used as Top-level Domains Overview of trademark protection for country code domain names marketed as alternatives to top level domains. http://www.inventionpatent.net/trademark/trademark-domain-name-1.cfm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Shame On The AFMA Documents the failed attempt by the American Film Marketing Association to seize the domain name afm.com (American Flea Market). http://www.shameontheafma.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Large-Scale Registration of Domains with Typographical Errors A case study documenting over 5000 registrations by notorious cybersquatter John Zuccarini. Most are typographic variations on well-known names, most provide sexually-explicit content and popups, and some are variants on sites typically used by children. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/typo-domains/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tobacco.com: Attempted (Serial) Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Documents relating to America.com's attempted seizure of "tobacco.com", registered in 1995, by trademarking the domain name in 2001 and filing a false cybersquatting complaint. http://www.tobacco.com/attempted-hijacking/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Slashdot: AOL Threatens Peng, Demands Domain Handover News of America Online demanding the pengaol.org domain name and reader comments. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/12/1710205&mode=nested&tid=120 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Domain Name Rights Coalition - DNRC A group of individuals and small business seeking to help persons involved in disputes, and educate others about Internet freedom issues. Includes forums and archived documents. http://domainnamerights.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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National Arbitration Forum: Domain Dispute Instructions on filing complaints or responses, details of specific dispute resolution services, and an archive of past decisions. http://arbforum.com/domains/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Easy Protest II Collection of legal advice, and general resources, for people involved in domain name disputes. Provides information and documentation from the webmaster's own dispute. http://www.easyprotest2.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Savin Sucks Documents related to UDRP proceeding Savin Corp. v. savinsucks.com. http://www.savinsucks.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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EFF Wins Partial Victory in Ford Case Press release on dismissal of trademark claims against jaguarcenter.com, jaguarentusiastsclub.com, vintagevolvo.com, and others, and denying "in rem" jurisdiction. http://www.eff.org/IP/Internet_address_disputes/Ford_v_GreatDomains/20020110_eff_pr.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Domain Dispute Resource Information on how to deal with domain name dispute issues (UDRP). http://www.domaindisputeresource.info/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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In Fights Over .Com Names, Trademark Owners Usually Win Researchers analyzing an arbitration system set up to resolve disputes over Internet addresses have found that decisions made through the system have substantially broadened the rights of trademark holders in cyberspace. [NY Times] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/technology/24MARK.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Typosquatters Turn Flubs Into Cash An article on typosquatting - capitalizing on mistyped names. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-502915.html?legacy=zdnn Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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CNet: Judge approves domain name penalty on eReferee In one of the broadest crackdowns ever issued against a domain name holder, a federal judge orders eReferee.com to stop using the word referee in all of its domain names. By Lisa M. Bowman. http://news.com.com/2009-1023-252723.html?legacy=cnet Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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NAF Decision: Referee Enterprises Inc vs. Planet Ref. Inc Text of decision to transfer eReferee.com, .org, and .net from Planet Ref, Inc. to Referee magazine. http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/94707.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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kuro5hin: Using of a Nickname and Websites Sued Because of Three Matching Letters A boy in Belgium, Europe with the nick "zkboi" has been sued at June, 11, 2001 by Zurcher Kantonal Bank (ZKB) to pay up to 2000US$ and 250US$/day for using his nickname on the Internet. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/9/25/1527/21500 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Washington Post: Clear Sailing For PortOfHelsinki.com In Domain Dispute Six months after ruling that the Internet domain name Barcelona.com should be taken away from its current owners and handed to the Spanish city with the similar name, the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has taken a different stand in a dispute over an Internet address referring to the Port of Helsinki. By Steven Bonisteel. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/161983.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Register: Reuters Cybersquats on Man's Domain Article about Reuters' refusal to relinquish reters.com to Mr. Stanley Reters. By Kieren McCarthy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21822.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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kuro5hin: New York State Is Taking Away My Domain Name New York State Fair disputes Scott Brady's NYSFair.com. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/8/22/164842/280 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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CNN: New Group Formed to Resolve Domain Conflicts A group of Internet top-level domain (TLD) holders have formed a nonprofit association to prevent what they fear will become a splintered Internet domain naming system. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/21/TLDA.idg/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Register: Kevin Spacey Loses Pivotal Cybersquatting Court Case "Movie actor Kevin Spacey has lost a landmark court battle over ownership of www.kevinspacey.com." By Kieren McCarthy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23030.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Cybersquatters Against Hate Organization promoting the registration of domain names similar to ones used by well-known hate groups. http://www.cybersquattersagainsthate.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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World Intellectual Piracy Organization ICANN and WIPO - Important Warning http://wipo.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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NewsBytes: WIPO Sends Message To AOL In ICQ Domain-Name Dispute Petter Rindforth, an arbitrator assigned by WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center to handle the ICQPlus.org dispute, ruled this month that Russian programmer Vadim Eremeev of St. Petersburg can keep the domain because he doesn't charge for the popular software he promotes on a Web site at that address. By Steven Bonisteel. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/162487.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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DL2MCD.de German radio station sues for journalist's .org domain. http://dl2mcd.de/domaine.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Who Owns Fandom An article discussing the fate of fandom.tv. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/13/fandom/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guinnes.com Another site disputed by Guinness plc. http://www.guinnes.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Register: Choc giant heavies 'kinder' charity Ferrero wants to protect its brand in cyberspace, as Austrian kids' charity kinder.at recently discovered. Concerned that the organisation has taken the little-known German word kinder (children) as its domain name, Ferrero has run whining to WIPO. By Lester Haines. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15699.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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World Domain Rights Information about Leonardo and etoy disputes, links to resources to fight unfriendly take-overs. http://www.wdr.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer nissan.com and nissan.net domain dispute between Nissan Motor and Nissan Computer http://www.ncchelp.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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DomainBattles Domain name dispute news. Links to news articles and full text of WIPO, NAF, and eResolution decisions. http://www.domainbattles.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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DomainMagistrate.com Online assistance center from Network Solutions to help solve domain name registration disputes. http://www.domainmagistrate.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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