Want to own a dead drug lord's IP? Last year, Pablo Escobar's heirs won control of the domain name PabloEscobar.com. Now they are putting the domain and the late Colombian drug lord's intellectual property rights up for sale. Media Options, a ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Top stories: Dead people get domain names
· Policy & LawFour famous people got their domains posthumously in 2019. Some of the most popular stories on Domain Name Wire are about famous people. In 2019, four famous people got control of key domain names posthumously. (OK, so really it was their heirs ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Pablo Escobar posthumously gets his domain name
· Policy & LawPanelist doesn't question trademarks for dead drug lord. Pablo Escobar has returned from the grave. The notorious Colombian drug lord may have died in a shootout in 1993, but his intellectual property and holdings live on through Escobar ... Continue Reading5 Comments