Morgan Stanley Wins Domain Name Arbitration Against a Cat -- Really

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via OUT-LAW.com.

[snip]

A cat has lost its bid to retain a controversial domain name after a multinational investment bank took it to the 
National Arbitration Forum.

Baroness Penelope Cat of Nash DCB, who is listed as the owner of mymorganstanleyplatinum.com and was given some 
assistance in the case by Michael Woods, lost control of the domain to Morgan Stanley.

A key part of the case rested on whether or not Baroness Penelope was truly the owner of the domain. The first 
indication that the decision was unlikely to veer cat-wards came in the written decision of Arbitration Forum Panellist 
Richard Hill.

"Respondent maintains that it is a cat, that is, a well-known carnivorous quadruped which has long been domesticated," 
summarised Hill. "However, it is equally well-known that the common cat, whose scientific name is Felis domesticus, 
cannot speak or read or write."

Baroness Penelope argued in its submission that "the registration information is not false; there are an immense number 
of Domain Names registered by non human beings".

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More:
http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=6973

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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