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Metatags: Seeking To Evade User Detection And The Lanham Act, Terrell W. Mills
Metatags: Seeking To Evade User Detection And The Lanham Act, Terrell W. Mills
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
You hop on the World Wide Web ready to do some Internet surfing. You decide to check the scores from last night's football game. You head to your favorite search engine and then pause . . . "where will the scores be" you ask yourself. You decide upon ESPN, because you know they have it all when it comes to sports. So, you type in ESPN and click on the "SEARCH" button. You eagerly await the return of the results to head out to the ESPN homepage to find out if your alma mater beat the in-state rival in the …
The Development Of Arbitration In The Resolution Of Internet Domain Name Disputes, Christopher S. Lee
The Development Of Arbitration In The Resolution Of Internet Domain Name Disputes, Christopher S. Lee
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Web surfers who use the AltaVista Internet search engine may not realize that in 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation paid $3.3 million for the rights to the domain name AltaVista.com. A year later, eCompanies paid $7.5 million for the domain name business.com. And in February of 2000, Bank of America paid $3 million for the domain name loans.com. These transactions demonstrate that the ownership, transfer, and control of Internet domain names is a multi-million dollar industry.