FreeCreditReport Wins Over 1,000 Domain Names In Dispute Process

Courtesy Techdirt  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 19:58

It's quite common for various trademark holders to go through the UDRP domain dispute process to get back domains held by cybersquatters.

Still, it's quite impressive to hear that FreeCreditReport.com was able to get 1,017 separate domain names in a single dispute (found via Slashdot ) apparently by using some sort of software that identified all the domains.

The company that held the domain names argued, in part, that the term "free credit report" should be seen as...


 

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