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Legal Wrangle: Trademarks vs. Dot Coms.(Hurricane Interactive Partners suit seeks )(Industry...

By Venditto, Gus
Publication: Internet World
Date: Monday, March 22 1999

While ICANN is ready to start taking names for new non-dot-com domain names, it's clear that the only domain names that matter end with dot com.

In one of the most fascinating disputes over these names, a New York City firm is accusing a small firm of stealing its corporate identity by using the domain name hurricane.com. Hurricane Interactive Partners has filed suit in Federal District Court, claiming that hurricane.com should be given to it because it has a trademark on the right to operate as "hurricane interactive."

The defendants are Sara and Chris Rile

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