Cybersquatting The Competition
from the hmmm dept
Cybersquatting is a big issue that gets a lot of coverage, but it's still not clear what's really allowed and what isn't. WebEx has apparently decided that they automatically get the right to any domain with their name in it -- especially when a competitor buys the domains. They've now filed a lawsuit against Citrix for registering a bunch of domains with the Webex name and variations on a new offering they launched. The lawsuit claims both cybersquatting and trademark infringement. The trademark infringement claim might be a tough sell, since it's not clear Citrix ever did anything with those domains, and even if they did, it's unlikely anyone visiting those pages would have thought they were at WebEx's site. The real question, is why didn't WebEx register most of these domains itself?
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No Subject Given by Anonymous Coward on Feb 4th, 2005 @ 7:00am
the real question is how long before someone orgainse some death race 2000 event for (ip) lawyers...
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Get rid of all non-country related TLD's by Anonymous Coward on Feb 5th, 2005 @ 2:34pm
The other real question is why do we still have TLD's -- it's so stupid to force a company to register again and again each time a new TLD comes out. Maybe we should make a uniqueness rule, if a name is registeded in one TLD it can't be reused in any other. Of course once you make that rule, then there's no point in having a TLD.
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