City Loses Rights To Its Domain Name

An International court rules that an Australian city doesn't own the trademark rights to it's name.

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May 21, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

"Australia's city of Brisbane has been told that it has no more rights to an Internet domain name bearing its name than does the current owner of that domain name, a Queensland man whose stable of Internet addresses reflect numerous Australian place names. "

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: City Loses Fight Over BrisbaneCity.com Domain

Saturday, May 19, 2001 in Government Technology

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