[Rakkasan1]

oooooooo, "dirty tricks"...

anyone want a domain name for the 6th Congressional race here in MN? I have some in my 'lock box'.

[RippleFire]

When Kofi Annan runs the Internet insensitive activities like this will not be permitted.


And everyone will use a browser called "UN Explorer."

[The Great RJ]

Good preemptive strike. It is always wise to buy up domain names just in case. I've heard that www.diarrhea.com is owned by Pepto Bismal.

[Truth'sBabyGirl]

They might not get away with this. A company called Virtual Works purchased www.vw.net, and then when VolksWagen spoke up about it, Virtual Works tried to get them to pay a ton of money. It went to court, and the court found in favor of VolksWagen. There are lots of commonlaw doctrines about property rights, and the court found it would be inequitable to allow Virtual Works to do this.

Virtual Works, Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
238 F.3d 264


A summary of the case appears here: http://www.phillipsnizer.com/library/cases/lib_case8.cfm .
I'd post a link to the full text of the opinion, but it's subscription-only. The summary linked above is pretty decent.

TBG