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French Designer Ordered to Give up milka.fr

Posted by timothy on from the you-must-give-up-your-milka dept.

jmf writes "The BBC is running a story about French designer Milka Budumir, who has been ordered by a judge to give up milka.fr to Kraft Foods. You can read her side of the story (in French) at her site which also points to Kraft's side of the story. Kraft make very good chocolate, but they seem to be colour-blind: claiming that this website's colour is similar to this one's."

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  1. OMFG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    OK, so first this 'kraft' company doesnt register domains for all their brands on the country tld's. Then, *YEARS* later they go "oops, it's alreay taken! What should we do? Oh, thats right! Sue the bastard. Who is the bastard anyway? Ah!".

    So they got away with their neglection by fixing it with a lawsuit. Man, I thought France was about freedom and justice.

  2. Bad, but Not Too Bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How much business could the website be generating for her in the first place?
    She should appeal, then settle. Go to the new suggested domain (milkacouture.fr) and have Kraft link her from Milka.fr with a brief note about the settlement.
    Irregardless, I hope she has the sense to register the alternative (milkacouture) just in case. It's currently unreserved and prime for a squatter.