Region: Europe

For the first time, a Greek court has held that the legitimate owner of a trademark may not be entitled to register a domain name containing that mark. The result hinges on whether there is a competitive relationship between the disputing parties.

11 September 2001

Red.es, the administrator of the country's top-level domain, has beencriticized by consumer and internet users' associations for not applying uniformcriteria to the allocation of generic domain names.

17 July 2001

Two recent instances of cybersquatting have been dealt with by Denmark's Complaints Board and the Copenhagen Maritime and Commercial Court. One of the decisions involved the trademark ROLEX.

17 July 2001

A company that promotes technology projects and is the registered ownerof the trademark LEONARDO has lost its case against a cultural association thatused 'Leonardo' in its URL.

03 July 2001

A recent case before the Paris Court of Appeals involving subsidiaries of Virgin Inc illustrates the conditions that must be met to establish a case of cybersquatting.

19 June 2001

A recent example of cybersquatting in France involved a web site createdto denounce the social policy of Danone. The web master was not convicted forusing the company's trade name.

05 June 2001