They’re in the news again. The National Arbitration Forum has just issued a decision in favor of AARP’s right to its pharmacy web address . Its nice to see an organized, reasoned opinion with references to other opinions ( both within and outside NAF ) and court cases as precedent.
And on another happy note, in case there was any doubt, Bill Cosby IS Fat Albert. A panel of World Intellectual Property Organization arbitrators has ruled that Mr. Cosby owns the domain. A growing number of stars (who could turn down Julia Roberts ) have benefitted from arbitrations under ICANN whether done by WIPO, NAF or other authorized arbitrators.
But all is not perfect in Domain Name Dispute Resolution World . Some experts debate the pros and cons of our current ICANN system. If STARS keep winning under the current system, however, I doubt we will see much change anytime soon.
For more general information about domain name disputes, see a paper we presented in 2001 on the subject (the paper, of course, is a few years old and certainly needs updating).
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