- DomainBattles - http://www.domainbattles.com/
Domain name dispute news. Links to news articles and full text of WIPO, NAF, and eResolution decisions.
- World Domain Rights - http://www.wdr.org/
Information about Leonardo and etoy disputes, links to resources to fight unfriendly take-overs.
- Register: Choc giant heavies 'kinder' charity - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15699.html
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.
- Who Owns Fandom - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/13/fandom/
An article discussing the fate of fandom.tv.
- DL2MCD.de - http://dl2mcd.de/domaine.html
German radio station sues for journalist's .org domain.
- NewsBytes: WIPO Sends Message To AOL In ICQ Domain-Name Dispute - http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/162487.html
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.
- Cybersquatters Against Hate - http://www.cybersquattersagainsthate.com/
Organization promoting the registration of domain names similar to ones used by well-known hate groups.
- CNN: New Group Formed to Resolve Domain Conflicts - http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/21/TLDA.idg/
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.
- Washington Post: Clear Sailing For PortOfHelsinki.com In Domain Dispute - http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/161983.html
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.
- CNet: Judge approves domain name penalty on eReferee - http://news.com.com/2009-1023-252723.html?legacy=cnet
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.
- In Fights Over .Com Names, Trademark Owners Usually Win - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/technology/24MARK.html
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]
- Domain Dispute Resource - http://www.domaindisputeresource.info/
Information on how to deal with domain name dispute issues (UDRP).
- Savin Sucks - http://www.savinsucks.com/
Documents related to UDRP proceeding Savin Corp. v. savinsucks.com.
- Easy Protest II - http://www.easyprotest2.com/
Collection of legal advice, and general resources, for people involved in domain name disputes. Provides information and documentation from the webmaster's own dispute.
- The Domain Name Rights Coalition - DNRC - http://domainnamerights.org/
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.
- Large-Scale Registration of Domains with Typographical Errors - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/typo-domains/
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.
- Shame On The AFMA - http://www.shameontheafma.com/
Documents the failed attempt by the American Film Marketing Association to seize the domain name afm.com (American Flea Market).
- EFF Wins Partial Victory in Ford Case - http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/Ford_v_GreatDomains/20020110_eff_pr.html
Press release on dismissal of trademark claims against jaguarcenter.com, jaguarentusiastsclub.com, vintagevolvo.com, and others, and denying "in rem" jurisdiction.
- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Domain Names and Trademarks - http://www.chillingeffects.org/domain/
FAQs and advice on how to defend against claims of domain name trademark infringement and other legal scare tactics, compiled by students at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.
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