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DomainMagistrate.com
Online assistance center from Network Solutions to help solve domain name registration disputes.
http://www.domainmagistrate.com/
DomainBattles
Domain name dispute news. Links to news articles and full text of WIPO, NAF, and eResolution decisions.
http://www.domainbattles.com/
Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer
nissan.com and nissan.net domain dispute between Nissan Motor and Nissan Computer
http://www.ncchelp.org/
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/
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
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/
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/
World Domain Rights
Information about Leonardo and etoy disputes, links to resources to fight unfriendly take-overs.
http://www.wdr.org/
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
Guinnes.com
Another site disputed by Guinness plc.
http://www.guinnes.com/
Who Owns Fandom
An article discussing the fate of fandom.tv.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/13/fandom/
DL2MCD.de
German radio station sues for journalist's .org domain.
http://dl2mcd.de/domaine.html
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
World Intellectual Piracy Organization
ICANN and WIPO - Important Warning
http://wipo.org.uk/
Cybersquatters Against Hate
Organization promoting the registration of domain names similar to ones used by well-known hate groups.
http://www.cybersquattersagainsthate.com/
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
Typosquatters Turn Flubs Into Cash
An article on typosquatting - capitalizing on mistyped names.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-502915.html?legacy=zdnn
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
Domain Dispute Resource
Information on how to deal with domain name dispute issues (UDRP).
http://www.domaindisputeresource.info/
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
Savin Sucks
Documents related to UDRP proceeding Savin Corp. v. savinsucks.com.
http://www.savinsucks.com/
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/
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/
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
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/
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