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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
I know a guy whose name happens to be the same as a popular British designer clothing line. For privacy purposes, I'll call him, and the designer, Joe Blow. He owns and uses joeblow.com, and the designer has a website at joeblow.co.uk. But now the designer has decided that they want joeblow.com, and are sending in the landsharks. If he can weather the legal storm, I think he'll win, because (a) it's him name and (b) he's actively using the domain. Have there been any cases of the original owner losing in a similar scenario? -C On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 07:48:39PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > Could someone point to a "reverse-hijacked" domain decision? > > Any one involving a person's name. The basic principle that you have a > right to use your name in trade (which simply means that no one can prevent > a name from being used!) has been turned on its head. > > DS > > -- --------------------------- Christopher A. Woodfield [email protected] PGP Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB887618B
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