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International Domain Name Disputes Analyzed 20

Posted by timothy from the right-to-mindshare dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Interestingly, there's a new article on Domain Name Disputes, from an international perspective, at the Oklahoma Journal of Law And Tech. It specifically looks at protest or 'sucks' sites."
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International Domain Name Disputes Analyzed More

International Domain Name Disputes Analyzed

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  • dot sucks (Score:4, Funny)

    by AtariAmarok ( 451306 ) on Sunday March 07, 2004 @03:23PM (#8492088)
    How about a TLD ".sucks" for all of these?

  • Frame link (Score:4, Informative)

    by kathgar1 ( 730100 ) on Sunday March 07, 2004 @05:00PM (#8492496) Journal
    http://www.okjolt.org/published/2004mainrev10.html For all of you lynx folks who would have to figure out which of 4 frames is the correct one...

    • Re:Frame link (Score:3, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      If you want to use that link to open the page alone in a more mainstream browser, you'll have to disable Javascript - they've got a Javascript thingimabob to reload the whole frameset if (parent.location.href == self.location.href)

      Because everyone prefers to read articles when they're squashed to 10% of the available screensize.

      • Re:Frame link (Score:2, Informative)

        by kathgar1 ( 730100 )
        Worked fine for me in FireFox. I right clicked in the main frame, frame, show only this frame. Even worked when I copy/pasted it into a new tab before I made the comment.

  • The strangest thing reported in this paper is that some arbitration panels have awarded critique domain names to the companies criticized on the grounds that non-native speakers of English may not understand American slang like "sucks" and so not realize that a site is a critique site. Aside from the fact that this ignores the fact that the site content will soon make it clear that it is not the company's own site, these panels seem not to understand that slang of general usage is probably the first thing to spread to other parts of the world.

    The other striking fact reported is that some companies have attempted to pre-empt critics by registering the domain names that they are likely to use. Chase Manhattan Bank is mentioned as having registered a bunch of domain names, such as chasebanksucks.com. What this says to me is that these companies are overly concerned about criticism and therefore that they probably offer poor service and are unresponsive to complaints. I would avoid companies like that. This doesn't sound like a good way to enhance your company's reputation.

  • FACT: Virtually every word is (or can be) registered trademark - there is BOUND TO BE CONFUSION WITH DOMAIN NAMES.

    OBVIOUSLY - trademarks have to be identified on the Internet - just like they are in the real world.

    There is a solution - use a protected TLD (e.g. .reg) to identify registered trademarks.

    Just like people in US know .gov site is US government site - and those in UK know .gov.uk is UK government site.

    The authorities know this but would rather aid and abet big business unlawfully overr
    • Even that would not work. For one thing multiple companies can own the same trademark, but for use in different areas of business. Secondly, the same trademark can be owned by separate companies in different countries, even if they are in the same line of business. So even with a .reg TLD there could still be disputes as to which trademark holder is entitled to the domain.
      • I fully understand all the problems.

        I did know that multiple companies can own the same trademark - I have been talking to lawyers for YEARS.

        I have also discussed this matter in detail with US and UK authorities.

        I sent the following email to University of Oklahoma College of Law:

        Please will you kindly forward this to Stacey Knapp.

        I would also be very grateful for comments from trademark experts at Oklahoma College of Law.

        I hope you will rise to the challenge :-)

        You know Trademark Law is UNAMBIGUOUS -
        • With a letter like that, I'm sure you'll get a response real soon. Why don't you go check the post now and not come back inside until your response arrives?

          Some lawyers in a faculty room in Oklahoma are having quite a laugh at your expense, I reckon.
          • Like they would have given me an honest answer anyway :-)

            Even when I have been humble - based on past responses - that ain't going to happen.

            It is demonstrable fact that the system is corrupt - I can give example.

            Most people in authority are cowards whom are afraid to answer - they are without honour.
  • If you do a search for sucks on google, you'll notice that about 80% are ...sucks.com (or .org) sites. Most of them suck, though. Notably www.homedepotsucks.com and www.gapsucks.com are horribly out of date and look like a 4th grader dropout was hired to lead the design editor.

    One caught my eye, however. And I Am Appalled! This is something that directly influences and affects all of us! metricsucks.com [metricsucks.com] makes some bold, bald faced lies about who does and doesn't use metric!

    Not to mention their cl
  • There are many domains out there taken up by very very disgruntled customers, and in some respects you can agree with the company and look at it from their point of view, that there is only so much they can do realisticly or they would go bust from people abusing the system.

    However, in a large number of cases, these companies are displaying gross incompetencies, and because they are too big a corporation to care about the 'little guy' as long as they continue to make obscene amounts of profits they wont c

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