"Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM> wrote: > http://2.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?x=dAuugKoYhowhuBhuX Volkswagen lawyers called the case a quintessential example of cyberpiracy because they claim Anderson approached the company in 1998 with an offer to sell the domain, giving them 24-hour notice before putting the address up for bid.
"He took one of the most famous trademark names in the world and tried to extort money out of the trademark holder for the use of its own mark," said Gregory Phillips of the Salt Lake City law firm Howard Phillips & Andersen.
In hotly disputed domain name cases, small firms had been enjoying court victories as one judge after another refused to give companies with well-known trademarks automatic rights on the Net. But that all ended during the past several months, partly because of new legislation making it unlawful to buy Web addresses using a famous mark in bad faith. > _________________________________________________________________ >
Mr. VW.net forgot to mention these facts. Looks like a clear case of cyberpirating now. Das Kaptain ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. |
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