Rock Band Dire Straits Win WIPO Domain-Name Case

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Rock Band Dire Straits Win WIPO Domain-Name Case

08-31-2007, 12:36 PM,

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Rock Band Dire Straits Win WIPO Domain-Name Case

Quote:The World Intellectual Property Organization has ruled in favor of Dire Straits in a "cyber-squatting" case.

The U.K. rock band filed a complaint with the Geneva-based patents and intellectual property authority May 28 over a disputed domain name, www.direstraits.com.

In their complaint to WIPO, Dire Straits claimed to own the intellectual rights to their band name, which has been in existence for 30 years...

full article: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_d...d67e77f786

The full text decision (Microsoft Word .doc format): http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decis...7-0778.doc

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