March 15, 2005 2:05 PM PST
Apple wins iTunes cybersquatting battle
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Apple issued proceedings against CyberBritain in December of last year through domain registrar Nominet UK, claiming that ownership of the domain should be transferred to Apple because it holds the iTunes trademark.
CyberBritain CEO Benjamin Cohen accused Apple of bullying tactics and said he had registered the iTunes.co.uk domain a month before Apple's trademark application was published, back in December 2000, and some three years before its online music download service launched.
Cohen maintains that his motives for registering the domain were innocent and that he turned down a cash offer from Apple for the domain, as it could have been interpreted as intent to profit from Apple's trademark.
But the Nominet dispute resolution service has ruled in favor of Apple, ordering CyberBritain to hand over the iTunes.co.uk domain.
Cohen said he is currently considering his next move, which may be an appeal either directly to Nominet or to Britain's High Court. Until the appeal, Cohen said he will continue to use the domain as a redirect to his own company's shopping Web site.
Andy McCue of Silicon.com reported from London.
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Don't rip & replace. VoIP as you are
fact. The trademark exists and they should have taken the
money.
fact. The trademark exists and they should have taken the
money.
Notice that they do not have a single product named iTunes.
For those of you "crying" about the little guy, either you are
totally lacking any brain cells to form a real thought, or you are
just pissed off that someone cracked down on cybersquatting. I
really don't get it.
Bottom-line, even if they never wanted to use that name for a
product, then they could have easily copyrighted it or
trademarked. Why didn't they? Was it because Apple had
already applied for it?
Think people, just think once in a little while.
- Takes longer to TradeMark than Register. THINK!
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by Thomas, David
March 16, 2005 8:23 AM PST
- Take that into account, and go to the site.
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See all 36 Comments >>Notice that they do not have a single product named iTunes.
For those of you "crying" about the little guy, either you are
totally lacking any brain cells to form a real thought, or you are
just pissed off that someone cracked down on cybersquatting. I
really don't get it.
Bottom-line, even if they never wanted to use that name for a
product, then they could have easily copyrighted it or
trademarked. Why didn't they? Was it because Apple had
already applied for it?
Think people, just think once in a little while.