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WIPO Loads Dice in Domain Dispute Conference
"WIPO made sure its views on domain name disputes were made clear at an international meeting in Geneva on Monday by stacking pro-WIPO speakers against critics." By Kieren McCarthy. [Register]
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Law Expert Charges Bias In Domain-Dispute Arbitrations
"A legal expert's comprehensive analysis of fast-track arbitration, which is used to settle disputes over the ownership of Internet domain names, suggests that the process is fundamentally biased in favor of outfits that want to wrest addresses from so-called 'cybersquatters.'" By Steven Bonisteel. [Newsbytes]
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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.
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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.
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Slashdot: Victory for small business in domain disputes
News and discussion forum.
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Register: Judge lambasts Armani in domain name ruling
A Canadian artist has won the right to the www.armani.com domain, following a remarkable hearing at arbitrator WIPO. By Kieren McCarthy.
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More From the 4th Circuit on the Preeminence of US Law and US Courts in Domain Disputes
"The 4th Circuit recently solidified the principle it first articulated in May that, so long as personal jurisdiction is available, US law governs entirely any domain dispute brought in a US court." [iBusiness Law]
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White House in porn domain dispute
The X-rated "whitehouse.com" Web site has drawn the ire of the real White House, which has sent a letter challenging the owner's right to use the president and the first lady as a "marketing device." [News.com]
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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]
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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.
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