Morgan Freeman wins fight over morganfreeman.com
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has won his cybersquatting battle over the Internet domain name www.morganfreeman.com. A United Nations arbitration panel ordered the transfer to the Oscar-winning star, after he complained it was being misused.
Freeman, 67, complained the name registered by the company Mighty LLC, was being used to divert internet traffic to a commercial search engine. Making it appear Mr. Freeman had authorised or sponsored the site.
The ruling was announced by the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO, a U.N. agency that promotes the protection of trademarks and patents.
Freeman, whose career spans four decades, joins the ranks of entertainers including Julia Roberts, Spike Lee, Madonna, Nicole Kidman and Eminem who have won back their internet domain name through UN arbitration. The World Intellectual Property Organisation, which began in 1999, allows those who think they have the right to a domain name to win back the name without having to fight a costly legal battle.
Mr. Freeman applied to trademark his name with the US patent office last year.
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