Jan 25 2006

Big Publishing Group Demands Domain

Posted at 9:46 am under Unfiled

From Digg.com:

I registered deusto.com in 1997. Now, eight years later, Planeta Agostini, one of the biggest publishing groups in Spain and owner of Ediciones Deusto, sends me letters demanding me to transfer them the domain, because they registered the trademark “deusto” in 2002 .

Now they have presented a complaint to the WIPO and the domain is suspended.

Anyone care to explain how something this ridiculous can happen?

If the WIPO can’t decide in favor of this guy, it needs to be disbanded. Plain and simple.

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