[wplug] DNS law?

[George Larson]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Mackenzie Morgan<macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 September 2009 9:14:23 pm Douglas Green wrote:
>> Today I got a cease/desist letter from a legal firm out of New York
>> stating that my website is defamatory, and that I must immediately
>> remove the website content AND give the airline company the Domain
>> Name!!!
>>
>> It's this second point that I'm asking your opinions on- If I own
>> airline.us, do I have to hand over the DNS to airline.com.mx who
>> apparently failed to secure the top domain space despite their
>> "tradename"? As far as the content being defamatory, AFIK if it's True
>> then it ain't Slander!
>
> Yeah, pretty sure they can demand the domain name if they've trademarked it.
> However,  THEIRNAMEsucks.com ... well...that'd be safe for you to buy.
>
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10 US Laws Every Domainer Needs to Know  [
http://www.avivadirectory.com/domain-law/  ]

If we assume that site is credible, it looks like they can demand
their trademarked name.