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Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett was given control of a handful of domain names that were found to be confusingly similar to his own moniker, which is a registered trademark, the National Arbitration Forum said Wednesday. The domains included JimmyBuffettUniversity.com, UniversityOfBuffett.com and others.
In February, Buffett's company submitted a complaint to NAF about the domains. The panel decided that registered owner, Whapp Innovations, was using them for pay-per-click advertising revenue and had used them in bad faith. Only one question remains: What does one major in at Jimmy Buffett University?
Meanwhile, NAF also said it recently settled several other high-profile disputes. Disney Enterprises won control of DisneyComics.com, which was being cybersquatted by a man from India; and The Angels baseball team was denied the rights to Angels.com.
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