[...] forward to 2009. After filing a number of UDRPs for domains including the word “Paris”, and getting sued in Texas court as a results, Paris went ahead and filed a UDRP against Paris.tv. [...]

[...] Lire l’article complet Paris Sues Paris.org Owner in French Court [...]

(i) Who owns the city Paris?
(ii) Can a city name be made a TM by the city.

[...] That leads into an issue for domainers that will take center stage next year over geographic names.   The City of Paris is trying every tactic in the book to obtain useful domain names with the word “paris” or “Parvi” in it.  We have been hired as the local counsel for the team who filed the lawsuit against the City of Paris here in Houston on behalf of the holder of the domain name.   This is a pretty big deal in the domain name world because if the City of Paris can win their claims, then all geographic based names could be subject to claims by governmental entities.  In other words, the City of Houston could then make a claim to obtain the domain name http://www.houstonrestaurants.com to take it away from the advertiser who currently has it and might have paid good money for it.  You can read more about the issue on the Domain Name Wire blog. [...]