[comments-gtlds] Fw: Court Rules Domain Names Are Property

["Jim Fleming" <jfleming@anet.com>]

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From: Jim Fleming <jfleming@anet-chi.com>
To: mueller@syr.edu <mueller@syr.edu>
Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 4:41 PM
Subject: Court Rules Domain Names Are Property


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>From: Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu>
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>"Registering a domain name is not the same as registration of a trademark.
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>trademark registration confers property protection; a domain name
>registration
>simply secures a unique address."
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>Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
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>Court Rules Domain Names Are Property  March 24, 1999
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>By Brian McWilliams
>InternetNews.com Correspondent  Business News Archives
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>In a ruling with major implications for domain registrants, a federal court
>in Virginia has ruled that domain names are property and are subject to
>different legal protection than previously thought.
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