> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, at 12:56 [=GMT-0500], Swerve wrote: > > > "Visa" Torn From Dictionary by Credit Card Company > > > > <http://www.eff.org/Cases/Visa_v_JSL/20021121_eff_pr.html> > > Lucky guy that EFF will pay for the court case. Many others suffer the > same fate, thanks to the United Nations's WIPO and and the US > Government's > ICANN teaming up to give us the obligatory 'arbitration' > under the UDRP.
Having looked over the forums (http://www.arbforum.com), I can't believe some of those cases succeeded. Energy.biz was transferred because someone trademarked "Energy"?!? I can't believe how stupid that is. Same goes for sex.biz - how can someone trademark "sex"?!? Is anything being done about this? I'd go absolutely bonkers if someone took a domain of mine because I hadn't trademarked it. Andy.
