Topics: Domain Names : Disputed Domain Names
Informational sites related to domain name disputes.
aimster.com and others
America On-Line filed a complaint to seize aimster.com, a1mster.com, aimstertv.com, aimstertv.net, icqster.com, and ic2ster.com from Johnny Deep, which they claimed infringed on their "AIM" (AOL Instant Messenger) and "ICQ" trademarks.
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ajax.org
The Colgate-Palmolive Company's dispute over ajax.org
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altavista.com
After a long legal battle, Compaq Computer Corp. paid $3.35 million to Alta Vista Technology, a California software company, for altavista.com.
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armani.com
G.A. Modefine S.A., holder of the Georgio Armani trademark, filed a complaint to seize the domain armani.com from Vancouver graphic designer A.
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aspengrove.com
Software company Aspen Grove filed a complaint to seize aspengrove.com, registered in 1997 by Michael Clark of Salt Lake City.
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baa.com
British Airports Authority sued to seize baa.com, a sheep information site, claiming it was registered as an instrument of fraud.
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barbiebenson.com
Dispute by Mattel, maker of the Barbie doll, over Canadian stripper Barbie Benson's site barbiebenson.com
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barcelona.com
Barcelona.com was registered in 1996 by a husband and wife for a portal site for information about Barcelona.
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beaniebaby.com
Dispute by Ty Inc. over Mickey Collett's beaniebaby.com
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billyconnolly.com and billyconnelly.com
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly filed a complaint to seize the domains billyconnolly.com and billyconnelly.com from Anthony Stewart.
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biz gTLD
The original .biz created in 1995 is operated by Atlantic Root and carried by all the major roots except the one operated by the US Government.
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bodacious-tatas.com
Tata Sons Ltd. filed a complaint against bodacious-tatas.com for infringing on their trademark.
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brucespringsteen.com
Popular singer Bruce Springsteen filed a complaint to seize the domain brucespringsteen.com from Jeff Burgar (doing business as Bruce Springsteen Club).
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bundesinnenministerium.com, .net, and .org
Bundesrepublik Deutschland [Federal Republic of Germany] filed a complaint to seize bundesinnenministerium.com, bundesinnenministerium.net, bundesinnenministerium.org and verfassungsschutz.org from RJG Engineering.
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celinedion.com
Celine Dion and Sony Music Entertainment filed a complaint to seize celinedion.com from Jeff Burgar (doing business as Celine Dion Club).
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clue.com
Hasbro, makers of the board game Cluedo (known as Clue in the United States), sued Colorado computer consultants Clue Computing for their domain Clue.com.
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cnndn.com
AOL/Time-Warner/CNN demanded Zack Exley change the name of his parody of CNNfn ("CNN financial news") called CNNdn ("CNN down").
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corinthians.com
Brazilian soccer team Corinthiao filed a complaint to seize J. D. Sallen's Bible-quoting site Corinthians.com.
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crappytire.com
Canadian Tire filed a complaint to seize crappytire.com from Mick McFadden. Canadian Tire, colloquially referred to as Crappy Tire in Canada, claimed that crappytire.com, a site which compared Canadian Tire's prices with its competitors, was "attempting to create an impression of an association with Canadian Tire".
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dw.com
Deutsche Welle, a German broadcasting company, filed a WIPO complaint against DiamondWare Limited, a US software company, to seize the domain dw.com.
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earth.com
Dispute by Mondial Trading Co., maker of Earth Shoes, with Tony Sanders' earth.com.
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findus.com
Sudnif S.A., which produces Findus® frozen food products, filed a complaint to seize findus.com from Kasper and Victoria Lannartsson.
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fuckgeneralmotors.com
2600 Magazine registered fuckgeneralmotors.com, and pointed it to Ford Motor Company's ford.com.
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gnutella.de, newtella.de, and knutella.de
guinessrecords.com
2600 created the parody site guinessrecords.com (a typo of guinnessrecords.com) to call attention to the 1999 Guinness Book of World Records' inaccurate story on Kevin Mitnick.
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guinness-beer-sucks.com and others
In this dispute, WIPO decided to transfer the domain names guinness-really-sucks.com, guinness-really-really-sucks.com, guinness-beer-really-sucks.com, guinness-beer-really-really-sucks.com, guinness-sucks.com, guinnessreallysucks.com, guinnessreallyreallysucks.com, guinnessbeerreallysucks.com, guinnessbeerreallyreallysucks.com, guinness-beer-sucks.com, and guinnessbeersucks.com from the registrant, John Zuccarini, to Diageo (Guinness plc).
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harrypotterguide.co.uk and harrypotternetwork.net
Warner Brothers threatened legal action against 15-year-old Claire Field over her Harry Potter fan site.
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hoopla.com
Network Solutions registered hoopla.com to a third party, even though it had not yet expired.
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jerryfalwell.com and jerryfallwell.com
Televangelist Jerry Falwell filed a complaint to seize jerryfalwell.com, the domain of a website critical of him registered by Gary Cohn.
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jewsforjesus.org
The missionary organization Jews for Jesus sued for Stephen Brodsky's jewsforjesus.org, a site critical of the organization.
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juliebrown.com
Actress Julie Brown filed a complaint to seize juliebrown.com from Jeff Burgar (doing business as Julie Brown Club).
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lockheedsucks.com and lockheedmartinsucks.com
Lockheed Martin filed a complaint to seize lockheedsucks.com and lockheedmartinsucks.com from Dan Parisi.
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lorealcomplaints.com
Dispuite between L'Oreal, S.A. and Christopher J. Hawes over the domain lorealcomplaints.com.
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lucasnursery.com
Lucas Nursery and Landscaping, Inc., sued Michelle Grosse under the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act (ACPA) for the domain name lucasnursery.com.
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madonna.com
Singer Madonna Louise Ciccone filed a complaint to seize Madonna.com, a former porn site which the registrant was donating to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital.
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maggi.com
Nestle filed a complaint to seize maggi.com, a site registered by Romeo Maggi as a site for the Maggi family and a Maggi Foundation he intended to establish.
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mattl.com
Mattel Toy Corporation slapped Matt Lavallee with a cease and desist order for his personal domain, mattl.com.
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michaelbloombergsucks.com
Financial service Bloomberg's filed a complaint to seize MichaelBloombergSucks.com from Secaucus Group (Dan Parisi).
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microsof.com
Microsoft filed a WIPO complaint against Tarek Ahmed over the domain name microsof.com.
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newworldcoffeefraud.com
New World Coffee, a coffee and bagel franchise based in New Jersey, sought a restraining order in New Jersey state court to shut down two disparagement domains, NewWorldCoffeeFraud.com and NewWorldFraud.com.
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newyorktimes.com
The New York Times Company began publishing the New York Times on the Internet at nytimes.com in 1994.
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notharvard.com
"notHarvard.com" filed a lawsuit against Harvard College, seeking for a declaratory judgement that notHarvard.com doesn't infringe on Harvard's trademark.
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peta.org
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested the registration of anti-PETA site peta.org (People Eating Tasty Animals).
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pokey.org
Prema Toy Company, owner of the trademarks on the claymation character Gumby and his horse Pokey, demanded 12-year-old Chris "Pokey" Van Allen's domain pokey.org.
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reg-vardy.com, .net, and .org
The Reg Vardy car dealership filed a complaint to seize reg-vardy.com, .net, and .org from customer Dave Wilkinson, whose site complained about Reg Vardy's service.
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ringlingbrothers.com
In 1998, Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey, Inc., filed a "deceptive trademark" lawsuit against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for registering and using the domain name ringlingbrothers.com to protest the circus' use of animals.
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sex.com
Convicted felon Stephen Cohen allegedly wrested sex.com from its owner via a forged letter to Network Solutions.
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shitakemushrooms.com
The NSI refused to register the domain name shitakemushrooms.com
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shopsatwillowbend.com, taubmansucks.com and others
Hank Mishkoff created shopsatwillowbend.com, a non-commercial site promoting a Plano, Texas mall under construction by Taubman Company.
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thebarbies.com
Dispute by Mattel, maker of the Barbie doll, over thebarbies.com, non-commercial site of a group of female Tribes players.
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unicom.com
Chip Rosenthal registered unicom.com in 1990. Unicom Systems made several offers to by the domain starting in 1998.
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Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Information regarding the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
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verizonreallysucks.com
Noticing that Verizon Wireless preemptively registered verizonsucks.com, 2600 Magazine registered verizonREALLYsucks.com. Verizon claimed that 2600 violated the recently passed Anticybersquatting Act and demanded 2600 turn over the domain.
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vintagecocacola.com
Coca-Cola ordered VintageCocaCola.com, which featured links to auctions of Coca-Cola memorabilia, to cease and desist.
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vivendiuniversalsucks.com
Vivendi Universal filed a complaint to seize the domain VivendiUniversalSucks.com from Jay David Sallen for being "confusingly similar" to their trademark.
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vw.net
Volkswagen sued for and won the domain VW.net, the domain of Virginia Internet service provider Virtual Works.
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yourmove.com
CGU Insurance Plc., sellers of an insurance product called "Your move", filed a complaint to seize yourmove.com from Scottish businessman Irving Remocker.
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zundelsite.org
The Canadian Human Rights Commission ordered the shutdown of zundelsite.org, based in California, US, for violating the Canadian Human Rights Act.
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