new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play

Wed Mar 7 16:17:54 UTC 2001

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
> 
> 

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