By Nathaniel DeLucia
Playboy
is one of the most recognizable trademarks in the world with registered
trademarks in virtually every developed country. It therefore comes as no surprise that
Playboy Enterprises Inc. took issue when Michael Ross a property-developer in
London, decided to register the domain name “Playboy.london.” Playboy won the
initial lawsuit, filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
However, Mr. Ross filed a subsequent suit in the UK, which has yet to be
decided, attempting to block implantation of the adverse WIPO ruling.
A
current trend is to use common words as domain names, such as “.tech” or
“.london.” As Web domains begin to
collide with Trademark law, lawsuits like the one here should be seen with
increasing regularity.
For
the complete story, including a brief summary of the WIPO ruling, visit
Bloomberg News.
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