[ICANN-EU] first penal court ruling

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Subject: [ICANN-EU] first penal court ruling

From: "Andreas Fügner" <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com>

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:19:25 +0200

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FYI:

"Domain Grabber" sentenced to 22 month on probation.

The first case against a Domain-Grabber ended with a sentencing of 22 month on probation. A person from Ingolstadt was accused to have registered 120 domain names between 1997 and 1999, including 22 brand names like Opel and Audi-Lamborghini. The defendant offered the domains and received from three companies up to DM 4000. His defense was, that the companies did not have to buy from him. Instead they could have registered different domains themselves. But the penal court saw his actions as a clear breach of trademark law. Other civil courts had come to similar conclusions earlier in Munich. (aj)

Sorry, the link is in German only.

Andreas Fuegner