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Microsoft on Tuesday launched a new offensive against cybersquatters who allegedly gain illegal profits from thousands of Web sites, such as WindowsLiveTutorial.com and HaloChamp.com, that include the company's trademarked names.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday said an anti-abortion activist had violated trademark law by registering a slew of domain names, including drinkcoke.org, mycoca-cola.com, mymcdonalds.com, mypepsi.org, and my-washingtonpost.com.
Oxford University has defended its 800-year-old name on the Internet successfully, claiming control of a site run by an Australian cybersquatter who calls himself "Mr Oxford University", according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
In a move to protect Australian states, territories, cities and towns against commercial cyber-squatters the NSW Government is proposing a -One city One Site" to the Online Council meeting of Australian IT Ministers.
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