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The Neverending Sex.com Story

Posted by michael on from the wheels-of-justice dept.

fwc writes "This has to be the story which will never end. Back in 1996, Steven Cohen "stole" sex.com from its original owner (Gary Kremen) by forging a letter to Network Solutions asking for the domain to be transferred to him. Subsequently Kremen sued to get the domain name returned. Through what seemed to be a neverending parade of lawsuits and judgements (Documented on slashdot here, here, here and here, and also in several other places), Kremen finally got his domain back and Cohen was ordered to pay $65 million in damages. In the latest twist, Cohen is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn the verdict of the lower courts by claiming that he owned the sex.com trademark prior to Kremen registering the domain. This should prove interesting since it looks like the filing at the USPTO occured two years after the domain was originally registered."

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  1. asdf by Anonymous+Gay+Sex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Can it be?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP!

  3. The other side of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Steven has a page explaining his side of the story.

  4. moderators on rohypnol by CausticWindow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How is this off topic?

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    1. Re:moderators on rohypnol by CausticWindow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If it was gay, then ok.. off topic I guess. Kinda hard to tell with that ascii art.

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  5. Urenui by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is a town in New Zealand called Urenui. In Maori, this means "big penis". But no-one thinks it funny, compared to names of towns with quite innocent derivations...

  6. Because by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because, this is a landmark case involving such topics of debate as whether a domain name is owned by registrar or registrant, whether virtual, incidental prior art can trump a patent, and why the hell they'd kill Trinity at the end of the movie. Maybe this should be relegated to yro.slashdot.org, but hey, it's early in the AM :)

  7. The DNA ASCII 0wns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh my God. Thank you.