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Back in May, we mentioned that Facebook had filed a suit with the World Intellectual Property Organization against the owner of Facebook.me in an attempt to get the name. The company wanted the name particularly because the phrase “will you facebook me?” has become synonymous …
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Facebook, a privately held company, has filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization in an attempt to get the the Facebook.me domain name. The domain is currently registered to Amjad Abbas, a United Arab Emirates man.
.Me domain names are actually ccTLD domain names, the country code for …
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A new nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. is launching a national campaign to stop the fraudulent abuse of domain registration, which is the basis for cybersquatting. The group claims that cybersquatting is a threat to the future of e-commerce. In recent years the number of cybersquatting disputes that the …
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According to some registrars, a new proposal by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) could possibly threaten the existence of domain names. The organization wants to expand the UDRP (Uniform Domain Resolution Policy) to include names and government organizations. Doing so would make it so that any domain owner who …
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reached a landmark decision in a .info trademark infringement case. INT Media Group, owners of the InternetNews.com trademark, sued Spanish entrepreneur Christian Castresana’s use of InternetNews.info. The company claimed that they attempted to register the domain during the .info sunrise, but says the registration …
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Writer Jeanette Winterson, author of “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”, filed a complaint against cybersquatter Mark Hogarth with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Hogarth ‘kidnapped’ the domain name jeanettewinterson.com, as well as the .net and .org versions. Courts gave Hogarth ten days to turn over all three extensions …
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A newly formed body, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), published a report recommending actions that would stop trademark and domain name abuse by cybersquatters. WIPO officials said that domain name disputes currently in court would not be affected by the new recommendations.…
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