aimster.com and others
CNet: Aimster Loses Domain-name Battle with AOL, Door Opens On Pressplay, Closes On Aimster Site, NAF Decision: America Online v. Deep, Newsbytes: Arbitrators: Aimster's a Cybersqua, Register: AOL wins rights to Aimster domain name
ajax.org
Ajax.org wins trademark fight, Colgate Goes After Ajax.org, Colgate Hit by a White Tornado, Colgate-Palmolive Lawsuit Dropped, Colgate-Palmolive Story, The, Domain name "little guys" fight back
altavista.com
Compaq buys AltaVista domain, Compaq Says No Deal On AltaVista Domain, Digital defends its turf, San Jose Man Hits Gold--$3.3 Million Web Name
aolsearch.com
AOL accused of domain name hijacking, AOL Accused Of Stealing Web Address For New Search, AOL beats Netizen in domain spat, Illegal Domain Hijacking
armani.com
BBC: Armani loses website fight, Register: Judge lambasts Armani in domain name rul, Register: So how much is Armani.com worth?, Reuters: Canadian wins Armani domain dispute, WIPO Decision: G. A. Modefine S.A. v. A.R. Mani
baa.com
BAA attempts to shaft sheep site, BAA bleating over baa.com, Baa.com - domain battle decided but case goes on, BAA.com domain battle settled out of court, Close shave for BAA in domain name wrangle, Jobs that blew, Sheep in sheep's clothing takes on BAA
barcelona.com
4th Circuit Court Decision: Barcelona.com v. Excel, Barcelona.com Trial Seeks New Date After Terrorist, Barcelona.com v. Barcelona, Clarity and Good Sense from the 4th Circuit on ACP, Court Rules Against Barcelona.com, Dot com confiscation, The Domain in Spain Stays Mainly with Those Who Co, TLD Lobby: Spanish city council faces US lawsuit o, WIPO Decision: Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Barce
billyconnolly.com and billyconnelly.com
BBC: Connolly wins web name battle, WIPO Decision: Billy Connolly v. Anthony Stewart
biz gTLD
.biz Domain Registration a Complete Shambles, .biz Is Tiny -- or Is It?, Dot-Biz: An Illegal Lottery?, ICANN Movie, The, ICANNWatch: Class Action Alleges ICANN's .biz, Is Dot-Biz Really a New Domain?, OpenNIC: ICANN's .biz, Original Dot-Biz Registrar Protests ICANN TLD Assi, The Dot Biz TLD Registry, Weird Doings at the FTC: Shoddy 'Consumer Ale
bodacious-tatas.com
Bodacious-tatas.org, Domain Name Handbook: Odes to the House of Tata, Tata Sons evicts pornographic cyber squatter, WIPO Decision: Tata Sons Limited v. D & V Ente
brucespringsteen.com
BBC: Springsteen loses website fight, Register: Bruce Springsteen loses cybersquatting d, WIPO Decision: Bruce Springsteen v. Jeff Burgar
bundesinnenministerium.com, .net, and .org
WIPO Arbitration on Neo-Nazi Use of Domain Names, WIPO Decision: Federal Republic of Germany v. RJG
celinedion.com
Register: WIPO disgraces itself over CelineDion.co, WIPO Decision: Sony Music Entertainment v. Jeff Bu
clue.com
Attorneys weigh online jurisdiction, Clue Computing: Hasbro, Inc. sues Clue Computing, , Clue Computing: NSI is Clueless, Domain name ruling favors small businesses, Slashdot: Victory for small business in domain dis
cnndn.com
CNN Is Not Amused by Web Parody, CNNdn, David vs. Goliath, once again, Parody site in CNN's crosshairs, Will CNN Site Spoof Crash?
corinthians.com
Bible ousted by Soccer team, Corinthians.com bible-quoting owner loses to Brazi, Corinthians.com Taken Away, Given To Soccer Team, Will "Pele" Kick Bible Off Internet?, WIPO Decision: Corinthians Licenciamentos v. David, WIPO Decision: Cruziero Licenciamentos v. David Sa
crappytire.com
Register: Canadian Tire fights for right to be cal, Register: Canadian Tire loses fight to call itself, Washington Post: Canadian Retailer: We Deserve &ap, WIPO Decision: Canadian Tire v. Mick McFadden, ZDNet: Domain battle: Who's got crappy tires?
dw.com
Goodfaith.org: Deutsche Welle v. DiamondWare, WIPO Decision: Deutsche Welle v. DiamondWare Limit
fuckgeneralmotors.com
2600 Linking Victory Appealed By Ford, 2600 Magazine Defeats Ford, 2600 v. Ford Motors, 2600 Wins Ford Lawsuit, 2600.com Wins Dismissal in F**k-generalmotors.com , Ford Appeals 2600 Victory, Ford Drops Appeal - 2600 Victory Affirmed, Ford Hearing Transcript Available, Ford Loses 2600 Lawsuit, Ford Really Sucks
guinness-beer-sucks.com and others
Slashdot: Guinness Beer Really Sucks, WIPO Decision: Diageo plc v. John Zuccarini
harrypotterguide.co.uk and harrypotternetwork.net
Defense Against the Dark Arts, Harry Potter URL backlash begins, Meet the Warner Bros: Jekyll and Hyde, Reg to fight for Harry Potter 'cybersquatter&, Warner Bros backs down on Harry Potter Web site, Warner Bros bullying children again, Warner Bros. claims Harry Potter sites, Warner Bros/ Harry Potter dispute kicks off again, Warner Brothers bullies girl over Harry Potter sit
hoopla.com
Boing Boing: Let's Put Verisign to Death, Metafilter: Hoopla.com Stolen, Net Sol says, ", peterme.com: Who knew that Google lied?, PhotoDude's Web Log: Verisign Very Bad, Textism: Hoopla and Verisign, Textism: WTF?
jerryfalwell.com and jerryfallwell.com
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Falwell Not Turnin, Falwell Parody Site Preaches Free Speech, Falwell Preaches Against Parody, Jerry Falwell Attempts to Silence Critics From a B, Public Citizen: Jerry Falwell's Second Attemp, WIPO Decision: Jerry Falwell v. Gary Cohn
lockheedsucks.com and lockheedmartinsucks.com
David Sorkin: Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Dan P, WIPO Decision: Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Dan
lorealcomplaints.com
4th Circuit Court Decision: Hawes v. Network Solut, 4th Circuit Decides Domain Name Registrar Immunity, More From the 4th Circuit on the Preeminence of US
lucasnursery.com
ACPA Ruled Inapplicable, Canton Woman Caught in Web of Cyber Justice, Canton Woman Wins Web Free Speech Case, Court of Appeals Opinion
madonna.com
BBC: Madonna wins cyber fight, CNet: Madonna.com embroiled in domain ownership sp, David Sorkin: Madonna v. Parisi, E-Commerce Times: Madonna's Domain Name Crusa, Statepaper: Nebraska Hospital Caught in Madonna Tr, WIPO Decision: Madonna Ciccone v. Dan Parisi, Wired: Material Girl Wants Her Good Name, ZDNet: Madonna wants her name back
maggi.com
Nestle Guilty of "Reverse Domain Name Hijacki, WIPO Decision: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. v., WIPO Rules Against Corporations
michaelbloombergsucks.com
NAF Decision: Bloomberg L. P. v. Secaucus Group, Salon: The saga of Sucks.com, Slashdot: "sucks".com Sites Win Legal Vi, ZDNet: Sucks.com owner wins domain-name case
microsof.com
Hijacking the Internet?, Microsof (No Typo) Loses Case, Microsoft wins cybersquatting case, WIPO Decision: Microsoft Corporation v. Microsof.c
newworldcoffeefraud.com
CPT's Selected Domain Name Disputes, Judge denies Manhattan Bagel a restraining order a, New World Coffee Disparagement Sites to be Shutdow
notharvard.com
boston.internet.com: Not NotHarvard No More, Harvard Crimson: Facing Lawsuit, notHarvard.com Ch, Harvard Crimson: Harvard Settles Website Lawsuit, Harvard Crimson: University Attorney Considers Law, Harvard Crimson: Website, University Exchange Laws, Las Vegas Sun: NotHarvard.com Sues Harvard, Slate: Can Harvard Sue notHarvard.com?, Slate: notHarvard, We Hardly Knew Ye, Wired: Harvard Fights 'Not' Knockoff, Wired: NotHarvard.com not NotHarvard.com
peta.org
Court Orders Owner Of Peta.org To Give Up Domain, Judge Orders Parody Domain Handed To Animal-Rights, People Eating Tasty Animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Protes, PETA: PETA Wins Landmark Cybersquatting Case
pokey.org
Boy told to hand over Pokey's name, Pokey causes Net trademark uproar, Pokey.org Attacked by Prema, Pokey.Org set free!
reg-vardy.com, .net, and .org
Register: WIPO rewrites UDRP yet again, WIPO Decision: Reg Vardy Plc v. David Wilkinson
ringlingbrothers.com
Circus Sues Animal-Rights Group In Domain Dispute, Ringling Bros. Wins Domain Skirmish
sex.com
A Case of Sex Appealed, A Kinder, Gentler Sex.com, California Plaintiff Gets Sex.com Back, Cost of Sex.com Theft: $65 Mil, Court to Get Control of Sex.net, Domain Name Theft, Fraud And Regulations, Eminent Domain Name, Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery, Holding on Property Status of Domain Names is Bad , Is There a Hex on Sex.com?
shopsatwillowbend.com, taubmansucks.com and others
"Google Still Finds It Because Google Searche, "Sucks" Domains Are OK, Says US Appeals , ACLU Backs Yahoo, 'Cybergriper' in Free-, Amendment Doesn't Suck, Court Permits Mall Critic Site to Stay Online, Court Rules for Critic of Taubman, Export Report of Milton Mueller, If You Follow a Few Simple Rules, You Can Cybergri, It Doesn't Suck.com, Of Course, It's the Sharks That Win
southafrica.com
Company Sues to Block South African Domain-Name Bi, ITWeb: Government wants Southafrica.com, South Africa Wants SouthAfrica.com
theos.com
Segfault and User Friendly threatened, Theo's .com, THEOS Software Corporation, theos.com Dispute Ended
toysrgus.com
CNet: Site reopens despite Toys 'R' Us f, CNet: Toy retailer takes on Toysrgus.com, Legal Threat from Toys 'R Us, Inc., Slashdot: Toys R Gus Is Back Up!, Slashdot: Toys R Us Isn't Toying With Gus
unicom.com
Boing Boing: Save Unicom, Chip Rosenthal Wins Unicom Domain Name Case, Domain Litigation Dismissed, Lone voice cries "Unicom is mine", Save Unicom.Com, Veteran unicom.com Owner Sued by Firm with New Uni
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Arbitration Firm Quits Domain-Dispute Business, Balancing the Crucible, Domain Name Dispute Process Called Into Question, Evaluating the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolut, Fair Domain-Dispute Arbitration Firm Quits the Bus, ICANN: UDRP, Law Expert Charges Bias In Domain-Dispute Arbitrat, Net Law Expert Slams Domain Dispute Process, Professor Tears ICANN Domain Dispute Policy to Pie, Rough Justice (PDF)
verizonreallysucks.com
Real Cybersquatting Really Sucks, Verizon Attacks Critical Domain Names, Verizon backs down from lawsuit threat, Verizon Drops Suit Against 2600, Verizon Threatens 2600 Over Domain Name
veronica.org
Archie Comics fights parent for domain, Archie drops Veronica domain dispute, Domain Defense News, Toddler's website in trademark dispute
vintagecocacola.com
Coca-Cola caps Net name dispute with fan site, Coca-Cola objects to fan site domain
vivendiuniversalsucks.com
"Sucks" Domain Name Must Be Awarded to C, Domain Arbitrators Favor Big Companies, Panel Divided Over Sucks.com Domain Dispute, UDRP Ruling in Vivendiuniversalsucks.com Dispute, WIPO Awards 'Sucks' Domain to Vivendi, WIPO Decision: Vivendi Universal v. J.D. Sallen
vw.net
Car makers fight for domains, Domain Dispute Proposal Counters NSI Policy, Judge sides with Volkswagen in Net name lawsuit, Small company wins VW domain battle, Volkswagen Loses First Round in Domain Dispute, Volkswagen Sues for Domain Name, vwx.com
whitehouse.com
Domain name abuse a global problem, Government Parasites, Porn site protest backfires, When a typo leads to porn, White House in porn domain dispute, Whitehouse.com goes to porn
yourmove.com
Ananova: Businessman defeats insurance company ove, InternetNews: New Weapon Against Reverse Domain Na, Register: WIPO ruling a victory for commonsense, WIPO Decision: CGU Insurance plc v. Irving Remocke
zundelsite.org
Rights Group Orders Zundel to Kill Hate Site, What "Human Rights" Really Means, Zündelsite Carries On Despite Rights Ruling
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Domain Names and T
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 & Society at Harvard Law School.
CNet: Judge approves domain name penalty on eRefer
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.
CNN: New Group Formed to Resolve Domain Conflicts
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.
Cybersquatters Against Hate
Organization promoting the registration of domain names similar to ones used by well-known hate groups.
Domain Dispute Resource
Information on how to deal with domain name dispute issues (UDRP).
DomainBattles
Domain name dispute news. Links to news articles and full text of WIPO, NAF, and eResolution decisions.
Easy Protest II
Collection of legal advice, and general resources, for people involved in domain name disputes. Provides information and documentation from the webmaster's own dispute.
EFF Wins Partial Victory in Ford Case
Press release on dismissal of trademark claims against jaguarcenter.com, jaguarentusiastsclub.com, vintagevolvo.com, and others, and denying "in rem" jurisdiction.
In Fights Over .Com Names, Trademark Owners Usuall
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]
kuro5hin: New York State Is Taking Away My Domain
New York State Fair disputes Scott Brady's NYSFair.com.
kuro5hin: Using of a Nickname and Websites Sued Be
A boy in Belgium, Europe with the nick "zkboi" has been sued at June, 11, 2001 by Zurcher Kantonal Bank (ZKB) to pay up to 2000US$ and 250US$/day for using his nickname on the Internet.
Large-Scale Registration of Domains with Typograph
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.
NAF Decision: Referee Enterprises Inc vs. Planet R
Text of decision to transfer eReferee.com, .org, and .net from Planet Ref, Inc. to Referee magazine.
National Arbitration Forum: Domain Dispute
Instructions on filing complaints or responses, details of specific dispute resolution services, and an archive of past decisions.
NewsBytes: WIPO Sends Message To AOL In ICQ Domain
Petter Rindforth, an arbitrator assigned by WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center to handle the ICQPlus.org dispute, ruled this month that Russian programmer Vadim Eremeev of St. Petersburg can keep the domain because he doesn't charge for the popular software he promotes on a Web site at that address. By Steven Bonisteel.
Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer
nissan.com and nissan.net domain dispute between Nissan Motor and Nissan Computer
Register: Choc giant heavies 'kinder' ch
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.
Register: Kevin Spacey Loses Pivotal Cybersquattin
"Movie actor Kevin Spacey has lost a landmark court battle over ownership of www.kevinspacey.com." By Kieren McCarthy.
Register: Reuters Cybersquats on Man's Domain
Article about Reuters' refusal to relinquish reters.com to Mr. Stanley Reters. By Kieren McCarthy.
Savin Sucks
Documents related to UDRP proceeding Savin Corp. v. savinsucks.com.
Shame On The AFMA
Documents the failed attempt by the American Film Marketing Association to seize the domain name afm.com (American Flea Market).
Slashdot: AOL Threatens Peng, Demands Domain Hando
News of America Online demanding the pengaol.org domain name and reader comments.
The Domain Name Rights Coalition - DNRC
A group of individuals and small business seeking to help persons involved in disputes, and educate others about Internet freedom issues. Includes forums and archived documents.
Tobacco.com: Attempted (Serial) Reverse Domain Nam
Documents relating to America.com's attempted seizure of "tobacco.com", registered in 1995, by trademarking the domain name in 2001 and filing a false cybersquatting complaint.
Trademark Protection on the Internet in for Non To
Overview of trademark protection for country code domain names marketed as alternatives to top level domains.
Typosquatters Turn Flubs Into Cash
An article on typosquatting - capitalizing on mistyped names.
Washington Post: Clear Sailing For PortOfHelsinki.
Six months after ruling that the Internet domain name Barcelona.com should be taken away from its current owners and handed to the Spanish city with the similar name, the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has taken a different stand in a dispute over an Internet address referring to the Port of Helsinki. By Steven Bonisteel.
Who Owns Fandom
An article discussing the fate of fandom.tv.
World Domain Rights
Information about Leonardo and etoy disputes, links to resources to fight unfriendly take-overs.