Paris Hilton Upset About Cybersquatters
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Hotel heiress asks WIPO for help getting domain names.
Paris Hilton has filed two separate arbitration cases at World Intellectual Property Organization to get control of domain names that include her name.
The first case was filed by Paris Hilton Entertainment, Inc. on August 12 to get the domain name paris-hilton-perfume.net. The domain name currently does not resolve. The owner of this domain name may have already capitulated, as the case has been dropped. However, the whois appears to have changed to an entity unrelated to Hilton, so it will be interesting to see what the circumstances are.
The second case was filed by Hilton the very next day for ParisHiltonHeiress.com, which is registered by New Delhi man. The domain name resolves to a parked page.
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Further Reading:
- Paris Hilton: “Don’t You Dare Hyphenate My Name!”
- Paris Sues Paris.org Owner in French Court
- Paris Loses another Geo Domain Case, But You Won’t Believe The Dissent…
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What was it she did again to become so famous as to be able to take domains away from celeb name squatters?
anything to get more press attention.
Cybersquatting. That’s hot.
Why would she even bother for a double hyphen dot net? I would have thought her company could have bought that for $100 or so from the owner. Cheaper than a WIPO filing, but of course there would nothing in a straight lowball purchase for the lawyers…
She doesn’t know better and her lawyer can milk her for more billable hours.
I agree. She wasted money and energy on worthless domains.
She wasted money on a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, too. That’s a $500,000 car. I think she said she got “bored” with it.
I’m surprised the City of Paris hasn’t sued her yet.
Yeah… I agree with John Berryhill….
I think City of Paris should sue Paris Hilton…. LOL….
Either that or the hotel management could get into a three-way. The Paris Hilton is a pretty decent hotel. I’ve heard it has a backdoor entrance and impressive ballroom space.
In addition, it treats the staff very well.