Subject: RE: New US domain name decision
From: Mark Perkins (MarkP@spc.org.nc)
Date: pe 27 elo 1999 - 04:26:54 EEST
See also CNET News
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,0-40897,00.html
For the full case
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=9th&navby=docket&no\55
810
("Decision link from the CNET News article)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Schleihagen [mailto:Eblida@nblc.nl]
Sent: 26 August 1999 22:24
To: ecup-list@kaapeli.fi
Subject: New US domain name decision
Michael Brian Bentley wrote:
>
>
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/trade082499.htm
>
> "In the first major blow to companies seeking to protect their
> trademarks on the Internet, a [US] federal appeals court held Monday
> that corporations cannot always prevent others from registering
> domain names that coincide with their brand names."
>
> -m
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