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Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre - http://www.adndrc.org/
Hong Kong-based dispute resolution institute offers a procedural guide for claims filed by trademark owners. Includes an index of decisions made in each of its three branches. |
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National Arbitration Forum: Domain Dispute - http://domains.adrforum.com/
Instructions on filing complaints or responses, details of specific dispute resolution services, and an archive of past decisions. |
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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 and Society at Harvard Law School. |
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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. |
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Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer - http://www.ncchelp.org/
nissan.com and nissan.net domain dispute between Nissan Motor and Nissan Computer |
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NAF Decision: Referee Enterprises Inc vs. Planet Ref. Inc - http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/94707.htm
Text of decision to transfer eReferee.com, .org, and .net from Planet Ref, Inc. to Referee magazine. |
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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). |
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World Domain Rights - http://www.wdr.org/
Information about Leonardo and etoy disputes, links to resources to fight unfriendly take-overs. |
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Who Owns Fandom - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/13/fandom/
An article discussing the fate of fandom.tv. |
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CNet: Judge approves domain name penalty on eReferee - http://news.cnet.com/2009-1023-252723.html
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. |
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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. |
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Trademark Protection on the Internet in for Non Top-Level Domains Used as Top-level Domains - http://www.inventionpatent.net/trademark/trademark-domain-name-1.cfm
Overview of trademark protection for country code domain names marketed as alternatives to top level domains. |
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Register: Choc giant heavies 'kinder' charity - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/27/choc_giant_heavies_kinder_charity/
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. |
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Register: Reuters Cybersquats on Man's Domain - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/21/reuters_cybersquats_on_mans_domain/
Article about Reuters' refusal to relinquish reters.com to Mr. Stanley Reters. By Kieren McCarthy. |
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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] |