Fri, 05 Jul 2002
German Supreme Court Protects Domain Names
JG- Washington, DC In his review of a German Supreme Court decision Christian Schröder addresses a case of an individual, who shares a name with a famous company. The plaintiff, German Shell GmbH, \was prevented from registering the domain name "shell.de", because an individual, Andreas Shell, had already used it for his private website. The Supreme Court deemed the risk of consumer confusion so extraordinary that it carved out an exception to the " first come first serve rule".
© German American Law Journal :: Washington USA
JG- Washington, DC In his review of a German Supreme Court decision Christian Schröder addresses a case of an individual, who shares a name with a famous company. The plaintiff, German Shell GmbH, \was prevented from registering the domain name "shell.de", because an individual, Andreas Shell, had already used it for his private website. The Supreme Court deemed the risk of consumer confusion so extraordinary that it carved out an exception to the " first come first serve rule".
© German American Law Journal :: Washington USA
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