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Cybersquatting:Domain Names of Famous Authors and Other Celebreties

by Cooee on October 18, 2008

 

The administrative panel of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has issued numerous decisions addressing cases in which famous authors or celebrities have sought to prevent other individuals or entities from using their names or derivatives, or their names within registered domain names, a practice generally known as cybersquatting.
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‘MLS’ name dispute lands in court

by Cooee on October 18, 2008

 

Marc Rasmussen, a Realtor in Sarasota, Fla., who in 2003 registered TheSarasotaMLS.com as a domain name for his real estate Web site, has filed the legal complaint in an effort to keep that Web address, which he says is important to his business.

 The Sarasota Association of Realtors owns the SarasotaMLS.com Web site. Allegations of trademark infringement, trademark dilution and cybersquatting.”  

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