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Man Named "Shell" Loses Domain To Oil Giant

Posted by timothy on from the spoiled-brats-with-lawyers dept.

angkor writes: "'A German court has ruled that oil giant Shell has more right to the www.shell.de internet domain name than an individual named Shell who had already registered the name.' It's like the old saying: your name may be McDonald, but you can't open a restaurant named McDonalds ..."

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  1. Or the other old saying... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's like that other old saying:

    Whoever has the most money gets the most rights.

    --
    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.