Organisation: World Intellectual Property Organisation

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LinkedIn wins case against Irish man in ‘.ie’ row

A worldwide intellectual property watchdog has ruled that an Irishman cannot keep the Linkedin.ie domain name after the employment network LinkedIn.com made a complaint.

world

Monaco fails in bid to trademark name

The tiny principality of Monaco is too famous to trademark its own name, the European Union has ruled.

news

€300k per week spent on space agency fee

The state’s spend of €14m a year on a membership fee for the European Space Agency is “extraordinary”, claimed a member of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee.

world

Family embroiled in dispute over Narnia name

business

Ryanair loses internet domain name case

business

Ryanair loses battle with online critic

Freeman wins rights to cyberspace name

Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman won control of the internet domain name www.morganfreeman.com in a ruling issued by a United Nations panel.

Tue, 10 May, 2005

Lord of the internet

The estate of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has won the rights to the use of the domain name www.jrrtolkien.com in a United Nations ruling.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2004

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