[ga-udrp] Virtual Countries v. Republic of S. Afr.

["William S. Lovell" <wsl@cerebalaw.com>]

Want to know about the UDRP?

Virtual Countries v. Republic of S. Afr., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8046

Or the definition of a domain name?

n1 "[A] domain name consists of a second-level domain, freely selected
by the individual registering the name, followed by a top-level
domain,    such as '.com,' '.net,' or '.org'." TCPIP Holding Co., Inc.
v. Haar Communications, Inc., 244 F.3d 88, 91 n.3 (2d Cir. 2001).

(The plaintiff here has registered "countryname.com" domain names, among
which
was southafrica.com-- and turkey.com, nepal.com, etc., etc., and sought
to have
the U. S. Federal Court preclude South Africa from using the WIPO UDRP.
Plaintiff
lost, because the Federal Court said it lacked jurisdiction of the
issue.)

The foregoing does not constitute legal advice to anyone.

Bill Lovell



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