Cybersquatting in Narnia | click to remove
In September of 2006 Richard Saville-Smith paid 70 pounds for the domain Narnia.mobi. He hoped to save the domain until the release of the second Narnia film. Then he would give it to his son as a birthday present and let his use it for his email. Now, some two weeks before the release of Prince Caspian in Great Brittan Saville-Smith has been served with a 128-page order to release the domain from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Unfortunately for the dad, the narnia.mobi web page contains Narnia-related "click-through" advertising, a fact which the couple's lawyer labeled an "unfortunate circumstance." "We bought it through a company that has become part of Sedo. They put up a holding page and dumped some advertising on it." Payne said he didn't believe there to be any evidence of "bad faith" on the part of the couple - the basis of the claim by Baker & McKenzie's client CS Lewis Company: "They had nothing whatsoever to do with the adverts on the place-keeper site. They have attempted to have the adverts removed and were surprised to see them there."
Other links:
- Narnia Dad defends his domain name policies, TheLawyer.com
- First Reports of Cybersquatting Allegations, TheLawyer.com
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