By Rhett PardonFriday, Nov 28, 2014Text size: AMSTERDAM — The results of a recent cybersquatting case involving LeaseWeb’s parent company offer a cautionary tale for online companies that may be neglecting to properly exploit their intellectual property rights.In a case before WIPO arbitrators, LeaseWeb’s parent company, OCOM IP, was seeking to have five domain names — Fibering.com, Fibering.biz, Fibering.info, Fibering.net and Fibering.org — transferred to the web hosting company. LeaseWeb’s parent claimed that the domain names were confusingly similar to trademarks in which it has rights to — specifically its own “FiberRing.com” domain that operates in connection with its FiberRing hosting division. A “fiber ring” is a circuit for telecommunications.But a three-judge panel ruled for Dialogic Srl of Turin, …
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LeaseWeb’s Parent Company Loses Cybersquatting Case
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