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Google wins cybersquatting case against Indian man
NEW DELHI, May 29, 2009 (Asia In Focus via COMTEX) --
Internet search giant
GOOGLE has won a cybersquatting case at the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) against an Indian who had tried to
block the domain name 'googblog.com'. According to the
information available with the WIPO, Geneva-based WIPO
Arbitration and Mediation Center has ordered the transfer of
domain name to the US-based search giant after Herit Shah of
Gujarat offered to surrender the disputed name to Google.
* Google had challenged the registering of domain name
'googblog.com' by Shah at WIPO stating that it was confusingly
similar to its trademark on which the company has rights.
* Cybersquatting is an illegal activity of buying and
officially recording an address on the internet that is the
name of an existing company or a well-known person, with the
intention of selling it to the owner in order to make money.
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