Comments on: Paris Sues Paris.org Owner in French Court http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Sun, 27 May 2012 11:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Edith http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-1554352 Edith Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:10:31 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-1554352 Does anyone know how this lawsuit turned out? The owner of paris.org still appears to be the original owner (according to Whois), yet the site paris.org, which was a fabulous trove of information and articles on Paris, has been set to forward to the Wikipedia article on Paris. What happened? Does anyone know how this lawsuit turned out? The owner of paris.org still appears to be the original owner (according to Whois), yet the site paris.org, which was a fabulous trove of information and articles on Paris, has been set to forward to the Wikipedia article on Paris. What happened?

]]> By: Domain Name Wire » News » Paris Loses another Geo Domain Case, But You Won’t Believe The Dissent… - The Domain Industry's News Source http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-563689 Domain Name Wire » News » Paris Loses another Geo Domain Case, But You Won’t Believe The Dissent… - The Domain Industry's News Source Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:33:01 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-563689 [...] 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. [...]

[...] 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. [...]

]]> By: PARIS.ORG …Paris Sues Paris.org Owner in French Court | Blog NOM de DOMAINE & DOMAINING | edidier.com http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-536756 PARIS.ORG …Paris Sues Paris.org Owner in French Court | Blog NOM de DOMAINE & DOMAINING | edidier.com Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:52:09 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-536756 [...] Lire l’article complet Paris Sues Paris.org Owner in French Court [...]

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

]]> By: Chelsea L http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-535109 Chelsea L Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-535109 silly frogs silly frogs

]]> By: Ace http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-531945 Ace Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:27:14 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-531945 Few questions: (i) Who owns the city Paris? (ii) Can a city name be made a TM by the city. Few questions:

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

]]> By: france http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-531845 france Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:41:27 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-531845 paris.com guys should sue those idiots for usinng paris in their domains paris.com guys should sue those idiots for usinng paris in their domains

]]> By: Domain Name Disputes, Developments of Cyberlaw for 2009 http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/22/paris-sues-paris-org-owner-in-french-court/comment-page-1/#comment-531707 Domain Name Disputes, Developments of Cyberlaw for 2009 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:47:56 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9786#comment-531707 [...] 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 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. [...]

[...] 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. [...]

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