Court Ruling: Domains are 'Property'

[basscaster]

The appeals court ruled in favor of Kremen - so now what?

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59788,00.html

I'm sure the lawyers on this board are already pondering the implications of this ruling. How do you think it will effect domain registration and ownership? Will this precedence effect WIPO cases, as well as the UDRP?

Here is a link to the judge's ruling:

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/999D1D5B0D734B6088256D6D0078CB88/$file/0115899.pdf?openelement

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[Duke]

Already being discussed here:

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=262187#post262187

 

[basscaster]

thanks - I see this thread crosses many themes at dnforum -