An arbitrator officiating over rights to the Internet address Barcelona.com has decided it should be taken away from its current owners and handed to the Spanish city with the sound-alike name. By Steven Bonisteel. [ComputerUser]
Following a decision by one of the domain arbitration bodies to award Barcelona.com to the Barcelona City Council, the domain name's owner, Barcelona.com Inc, filed a lawsuit in the Virginia courts against the Council on August 18
"A Spanish travel site is considering an appeal against a US court's decision to strip it of its domain name." By Tim Richardson. [Register]
Text of decision to transfer Barcelona.com from Barcelona.com Inc. to Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Barcelona by panelist Marino Porzio.
Decision overturning a lower court upholding an ICANN UDRP decision to transfer barcelona.com to the City of Barcelona. The court ruled that it would not grant ICANN UDRP decisions any deference. [Adobe Acrobat format]
"The Fourth Circuit yesterday reversed one of the most outrageous cybersquatting decisions to emerge from the Eastern District of Virginia." [iBusiness Law]
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