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Crichton wins 'cybersquatting' case, BBC News, December 04, 2002
Abstract: Best-selling author Michael Crichton has won a case against a so-called cybersquatter. The writer of Jurassic Park has won the rights to the internet domain name michaelcrichton.com following a ruling by arbitrators the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

WIPO Briefing Paper Internationalized Domain Names, WIPO Electronic Commerce
Abstract: Internationalized Domain Names-Intellectual Property Considerations

First Circuit Says ACPA Trumps UDRP, Prof. Michael Geist, BNA's Internet Law News, December 06, 2001
Abstract: In a ruling involving the domain "corinthians.com," the First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a domain holder who loses a UDRP proceeding can seek to block that action under the provisions of the ACPA.

Vivendiuniversalsucks.com confuses WIPO panel, WIPO Panel, November 20, 2001
Abstract: UDRP PANEL DIVIDED ON VIVENDIUNIVERSALSUCKS.COM CASE A divided WIPO UDRP panel has ordered the transfer of vivendiuniversalsucks.com to the company. The majority of the panel found that adding the word sucks to a domain is not always to be taken as "language clearly indicating that the domain name is not affiliated with the trademark owner" and thus ruled that the confusion prong was met. It provides examples of a vacuum cleaner company promoting that it sucks or a rock band naming its album "Suck on This" as evidence that some might think that the sucks domain is affiliated with the trademark holder. (abstract from Michael Geist's BNA Internet Law News)

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center- British Nuclear Fuels plc v. Greenpeace International, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, January 10, 2002
Abstract: Dispute resolution involving the domain name britishnuclearfuels.com