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Search Home : Computers : Internet : Domain Names : Disputed Domain Names
- 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.
- 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.
- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Domain Names and Trademarks: FAQs and advice on how to defend against claims of domain name trademark infringement and other legal scare tactics, compiled by students at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.
- Cybersquatters Against Hate: Organization promoting the registration of domain names similar to ones used by well-known hate groups.
- DL2MCD.de: German radio station sues for journalist's .org domain.
- Domain Dispute Resource: Information on how to deal with domain name dispute issues (UDRP).
- DomainBattles: Domain name dispute news. Links to news articles and full text of WIPO, NAF, and eResolution decisions.
- 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.
- 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.
- Guinnes.com: Another site disputed by Guinness plc.
- 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]
- 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.
- 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.
- National Arbitration Forum: Domain Dispute: Instructions on filing complaints or responses, details of specific dispute resolution services, and an archive of past decisions.
- 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.
- Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer: nissan.com and nissan.net domain dispute between Nissan Motor and Nissan Computer
- 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.
- 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.
- Register: Reuters Cybersquats on Man's Domain: Article about Reuters' refusal to relinquish reters.com to Mr. Stanley Reters. By Kieren McCarthy.
- Savin Sucks: Documents related to UDRP proceeding Savin Corp. v. savinsucks.com.
- Shame On The AFMA: Documents the failed attempt by the American Film Marketing Association to seize the domain name afm.com (American Flea Market).
- Slashdot: AOL Threatens Peng, Demands Domain Handover: News of America Online demanding the pengaol.org domain name and reader comments.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Typosquatters Turn Flubs Into Cash: An article on typosquatting - capitalizing on mistyped names.
- 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.
- Who Owns Fandom: An article discussing the fate of fandom.tv.
- World Domain Rights: Information about Leonardo and etoy disputes, links to resources to fight unfriendly take-overs.
- World Intellectual Piracy Organization: ICANN and WIPO - Important Warning
- kuro5hin: New York State Is Taking Away My Domain Name: New York State Fair disputes Scott Brady's NYSFair.com.
- 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.
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