Tall Lanky NeoCon Blonde Whitman Files WIPO Compaints Over 5 Meg Domains

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11-06-2008, 10:50 AM,

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Tall Lanky NeoCon Blonde Whitman Files WIPO Compaints Over 5 Meg Domains

Quote:Meg Whitman, former CEO of Ebay, has decided she wants all the domain names that sound like her name. Appears Whitman's yet-to-be-announced bid for the 2010 California governorship has hit a cybersquatter snag.

On October 15th, Whitman filed a petition with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for ownership of five domain names. They are: megwhitmanforgovernor.com, megwhitman2010.com, meg2010.com, whitmanforgovernor. com and whitman2010.com. Those five domains were registered by Thomas Hall on January 28, only three days after the first news report that Whitman might run for governor...

Whitman's name is not trademarked. That fact significantly reduces the possibility of winning a legal dispute...

full article: http://www.itexaminer.com/ebay-boss-want...-back.aspx

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