Balough
December 14, 2013
A woman who gained instant fame after being selected for the Guinness Book of World Records can recover a domain name using her name that was registered days after she became famous. Rachel Aldana won a contest run by the British tabloid “The People” for having the “biggest breasts in Britain.” After publication of the […]
Balough
December 12, 2013
It’s official. Fat Albert does belong to Bill Cosby. In a decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, a one person panel found that the domain name fatalbert.org properly belongs to the comedian, not Sterling Davenport of Loretto TN. Cosby created the Fat Albert character in 1992 as part of his television series. […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
The results of the voluntary dispute resolution mechanism to resolve domain name disputes is not entitled to any deference in federal courts, the appellate court for the Third Circuit has ruled. The court found that the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) does not qualify as […]
