The City of Paris has recently filled a lawsuit against the owner of
Paris.org, who has owned the domain since 1995. A UDRP dispute would not
be effective, as the domain is not parked or being used in bad faith, so
they have decided to take it to French Court.
This is part of the City of Paris’ continuing venture to find a court
who will grant them exclusive rights to any domain containing the word
“Paris.” Judging by the results of their previous lawsuits and UDRP
disputes, it is not likely that they will be awarded the rights to
Paris.org.
An overview of Paris’ previous cases:
2006-2007:
City of Paris sends threatening letters to owners of domain names
including Paris.com and Paris.tv. The owners of Paris.com and Paris.tv
then file a suit against Paris in US court. The lawsuit was eventually
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
September 2009:
Paris files UDRP disputes against owners of WifiParis.com,
Wifi-Paris.com, and Parvi.org (Parvi is the name of City of Paris’ wifi
project). It loses the WifiParis.com and Wifi-Paris.com cases, but wins
Parvi.org.
December 2009:
Because Paris agreed to US jurisdiction when it filed the UDRP disputes,
the owner of Parvi.org sues Paris in a Texas court. Then, despite their
failure years earlier, Paris files a UDRP dispute against Paris.tv
Subscribe
