[ga] geac.net ruling

[Steven Heath <Steven.Heath@Optimation.co.nz>]

From BNA Internet Law news.

WHILE DISSENTING PANELIST TELLS IT LIKE IT IS
A corporate battle between Canadian company Geac Computer
and NEWTEC Consulting Group has spilled onto the ICANN UDRP
battlefield. A split panel has transferred to the Geac.net
domain but not before Milton Mueller, the dissenting
panelist, states that "If the truth be told, the majority
Panelists have allowed their over-solicitude for trademark
rights to draw them into taking sides in what US slang (for
which there is no adequate substitute) would term a "pissing
match" between two hostile business competitors. This case
reflects petty animosities between businesses, and has
little to do with domain name rights. A proper application
of UDRP would discourage these types of cases from being
contested." Decision at
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-1131.html

Steven Heath
Principal Consultant
Optimation New Zealand

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