AltaVista wins cybersquatting case
brandrepublic.com, Tuesday, 31 October 2000, 12:00am,
Online search portal AltaVista.com has won the rights to 43 domain names based on misspellings of its name in a UN court of arbitration case.
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online search portal AltaVista.com has won the rights to 43 domain names based on misspellings of its name in a UN court of arbitration case.
The names, including alkavista.com and actavista.com, were registered by Grandtotal Finances of Panama. According to a UN arbitrator, they had been registered to take advantage of the misspellings of users who were trying to visit Altavista.
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