cybersquatting ?

[ZoeScanner <zoescanner@yahoo.com>]

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This was in my news and i felt it was
relevant......I bet this is exactly what started
the cybersquatting fuss in the first place.
now,while i don't appreciate what Harvard and the
others are doing...I especially would like to see
guys like this Rys get stomped....They are the
ones whom are ruining the net for everybody.Just
to make a buck. sqish these weasles and it all
just might clear up a little.
peace
ZoeScanner


04:29 PM ET 12/09/99

Harvard Sues Alleged Cybersquatter

 Harvard Sues Alleged Cybersquatter
 	   BOSTON (AP) _ Harvard is suing a Boston man
it claims bought up
 Web site addresses containing Harvard or
Radcliffe in the name and
 made plans to auction them off to the highest
bidder.
 	   The suit filed in federal court says Michael
Rhys and his
 company, Web-Pro, registered some 65 addresses
for $70 apiece, and
 offered them to Harvard for a sum of $325,000
before trying to sell
 them on an online auction.
 	   ``The university is sending a message,''
said Harvard deputy
 counsel Robert Donin of the suit. ``We intend to
take vigorous
 action against cybersquatters, and defend the
Harvard trademark.''
 	   In an e-mail sent to Harvard and attached to
the civil suit,
 Rhys said he would ``soon be offering many
Harvard-related domains
 for sale to the general public. I would like to
offer the first
 right of refusal to Harvard itself.''
 	   A spokeswoman for the Herndon, Va.-based
Network Solutions,
 which registers domain names, said there was no
way the company
 could check trademarks or stop squatters from
buying up names for
 resale.
 	   Harvard said its trademark name has been in
existence since
 1827, and that it has used the Radcliffe name in
interstate
 commerce since 1879.
 	   A federal law enacted last month allows
trademark owners to
 recover statutory damages of up to $100,000
after proving their
 trademark name was registered by someone wanting
to sell it back to
 them.
 	   School attorney Jerome Gilson said Harvard
isn't seeking any
 damages.
 	   ``We just want him to stop doing what he's
doing,'' Gilson said.
 	   He said Harvard sent Rhys a cease-and-desist
order, but never
 heard back from him.
 	   Web-Pro does not have a listed phone number.
A message left for
 Rhys on the number given in his domain
registration at Network
 Solutions was not immediately returned, nor was
an e-mail sent to
 the company through its Web site at
www.HarvardYardSale.com.
 	   
 	   	   
 



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