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UK Registrar NOMINET Uses the Force and Gives star-wars.co.uk to Disney

posted by takyon on Friday July 10 2015, @08:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the dark-side-of-the-web dept.

SpaceMan writes:

Disney has won control of the star-wars.co.uk domain (and several others) from a costume retailer that was using it to sell "legitimate and licensed" Star Wars-themed costumes. Disney bought Lucasfilm and all of its intellectual property for $4.1 billion in 2012. The retailer's parent company, Abscissa, had used two of the domains for the last 10 years.

However, at the tail of the BBC story: "Abscissa itself has also benefited from the dispute-resolution process, by wresting control of jokers.co.uk from a fancy-dress rival in 2007".

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday July 11 2015, @02:35AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 11 2015, @02:35AM (#207743)
    I can't get mad about this one. The Star Wars trademark existed for decades before this domain came along. We take lack of brand confusion for granted.
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