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Intellectual Property

Apr. 7, 2001

Name Game

Merely possessing a registered trademark no longer will secure a domain name incorporating the mark.

        By Jo Saxe Levy
        
        When the National College Athletic Association has a score to settle, it doesn't quit after just one round. On Nov. 28, the NCAA won the right to 20 out of 32 domain names that contained variations of the famous NCAA trademark. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Giancola, WIPO D2000-0836....

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