Facebook Wins Two International Domain Names in Arbitration
In two separate WIPO cases that were decided on the same day, Facebook has won rights to Australian (facebook.com.au) and Irish (facebook.ie) “Facebook” domain names.
In decisions handed down yesterday, Facebook won facebook.com.au from a company called Callverse and won facebook.ie from a company called Talkbeans Media. WIPO decided that neither company had fair claim to the names. In the case of Talkbeans,
[WIPO panelist James] Bridgeman decided that Facebook is a “distinctive, coined word” and said it was more than probable that the registrant of Facebook.ie
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
Subscribe today!
To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber
Already a member? Sign in