Starbucks Wins Domain Name Dispute
Since many folks find themselves in need of a mid-afternoon pick-me-up in the form of a Starbucks run, here's some news you can share with your barista while you're waiting for your latte. The World Intellectual Property Organization has given the java giant control of a half-dozen contested Internet addresses that include its name.
Starbucks took its gripe against Longmeadow, Mass.-based Gratefulnet.com to the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, which found in favor of the complainant. The domain names at stake were: starbuckscommunications.com, starbucksentertainment.com, starbucksinternetcafe.com, starbucksinternet.com, starbuckslive.com, starbucksmerchandise.com and starbucksprices.com.
William Young, the man listed as Gratefulnet.com's administrative and technical contact, proved no match for the Seattle-based behemoth, which operates or licenses some 8,800 retail locations in the United States and Canada. Too bad none of those locations are within a block or two of my office building… An anomaly, I know.
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