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lastsamurai
07-07-2005, 09:49 PM
Ok...my friend is a model and she use to own a domain name. well what happened is she let the domain name expire and some porn company bought her site.

Since she is using her real name is there any way she could sue that company? Just wondering.

ThaSaltCracka
07-07-2005, 09:53 PM
no, she doesn't own her name, nor did she own the domain name.

stabn
07-07-2005, 09:53 PM
http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm

Also:
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/

stabn
07-07-2005, 09:54 PM
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no, she doesn't own her name, nor did she own the domain name.

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It's actually more complicated than that. There have been WIPO rulings going both ways.

OtisTheMarsupial
07-07-2005, 09:58 PM
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no, she doesn't own her name, nor did she own the domain name.

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It's actually more complicated than that. There have been WIPO rulings going both ways.

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Yup.
Does she have a common name or uncommon name?
Is she a semi-celebrity?
Does she own her own company and "do business as" her name?
She needs to write to ICANN and start a dispute. In the meantime, she should register her name as .net, .us, .org, .name...
How long did she let it lapse? a month or a year?