Domain Names
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- Register: WIPO rewrites UDRP yet again
- In the case of Reg-vardy.com - set up by unhappy customer Dave Wilkinson to register his annoyance at car dealer Reg Vardy - the domain name arbitrator has decided to ignore the wording of the uniform dispute resolution policy to find in the company's favour. By Kieren McCarthy. (July 16, 2001)
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- Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery
- News and discussion forum. [Techdirt] (January 30, 2002)
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- Manhunt Starts for Sex.com Snatcher
- "The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50,000 (£35,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who stole the saucy domain from him." By Tim Richardson. [Register] (May 31, 2001)
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- Sex.com Owner Wins $65M Damages
- [Ad] "A Californian e-entrepreneur has won $65 million in damages over a stolen domain name." By Linda Harrison. [Register] (April 04, 2001)
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- The Sordid Tale of Sex.com
- "Case puts most bizarre domain name back in the spotlight." By David Lawlor. [CNN Money] (March 06, 2001)
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- Sex.com: A Chapter of Prurient Jurisprudence Closes
- "San Jose U.S. District Court Judge James Ware ruled in favor of Kremen this week, finding that one Stephen Michael Cohen was guilty of fraudulently hi-jacking the sultry site and ultimately turning it into a multi-million dollar gig." [InternetNews] (November 28, 2000)
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- Sex.com Changes Hands
- "An internet businessman has been stripped of ownership of porn portal sex.com following a ruling by a Californian court." By John Leyden. [Register] (November 28, 2000)
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- Taubman Sucks
- Defendant Hank Mishkoff's extensively documented chronicle of Taubman v. Mishkoff and his experiences as pro se defendant, with text and images of legal filings.
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- ACLU Backs Yahoo, 'Cybergriper' in Free-Speech Cases
- "The American Civil Liberties Union is speaking out on behalf of giant Web directory Yahoo and a small-business operator in Texas - both involved in high-profile lawsuits the ACLU says threaten U.S. rights to free speech on the Internet." By Steven Bonisteel. [Newsbytes] (May 07, 2002)
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- South Africa Wants SouthAfrica.com
- "An American businessman will have to go to the UN to defend his right to the URL southafrica.com, as the South African government says it has a right to the domain." News and reader comments. [Slashdot]
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- No Man is an Island, but WIPO is No Man
- "With a few pages of paper, the WIPO arbitrators blinked several years of legal proceedings and costs out of existence." [The Legal Satyricon] (August 20, 2010)
- 172
- Chip Rosenthal Wins Unicom Domain Name Case
- Article about dismissal for jurisdiction in the case. News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
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- Save Unicom.Com
- News and documentation of Chip Rosenthal's legal fight to prevent Unicom Systems from seizing Unicom.com, which he has operated since 1990.
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- WIPO Decision: Vivendi Universal v. J.D. Sallen
- Text of 2-1 WIPO decision to transfer vivendiuniversalsucks.com from J.D. Sallen to Vivendi Universal.
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- Domain Arbitrators Favor Big Companies
- "A guy registered the domain VivendiUniversalSucks.com, and Vivendi Universal brought it up with an arbitration panel saying they deserved the rights to the name. The arbitration panel sided with the big company, for reasons that still don't make much sense." News and discussion forum. [Techdirt] (December 04, 2001)
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- UDRP Ruling in Vivendiuniversalsucks.com Dispute
- "Although, as its (for now) owner, it is my speech rights that are being squashed, I got a good laugh out of the decision. Have they no shame?" News and discussion forum. [ICANNWatch] (November 17, 2001)
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- Volkswagen Sues for Domain Name
- The company known for creating the "love bug" is currently involved in a heated domain name dispute and this week took its case into court, countersuing the owner of VW.net to gain control of the domain after he sued to keep it. [InternetNews] (October 15, 1999)
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- WIPO Decision: CGU Insurance plc v. Irving Remocker
- Text of WIPO decision to dismiss CGU's complaint to transfer yourmove.com from Irving Remocker.
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- Register: WIPO ruling a victory for commonsense
- It's fairly rare, but WIPO has made a decision regarding www.yourmove.com that we (and normal people everywhere) agree with. It decided that Scottish businessman Irving Remocker is fully entitled to the domain name and can do with it what he wishes. By Kieren McCarthy. (July 03, 2001)