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In article ,
 Isaac  wrote:

> > I think that the best bet for the WWE to get back WWF is the fact that 
> > the World Wildlife Fund did not pick up on the wwf.com domain.  Take a 
> > look at http://www.wwf.com/> now to see what I mean, and
do a whois lookup 
> > on 
> Picking up a domain that matches a trademark belonging to someone else
> is called cybersquatting.  It doesn't matter that the trademark holder
> isn't using the domain.  

True; that sport site is cybersquatting on either the World Wildlife 
Foundation or World Wrestling Federation.  Both organizations had their 
names and abreviations trademarked.  But cybersquatting is not illegal, 
and so long as the trademark holder does not object, is not an issue.

> Besides that, the wildlife fund IS using the domain www.wwf.org.  

Yes; they always have used it.  My point is that their stated reasons 
for their objection to the World Wrestling Federation using it appears 
to have been bogus.

But why doesn't the world wildlife foundation object to this 
sports-ticket organization owning wwf.com?

> I notice that Microsoft is not using www.microsoft.org.  Are you
> suggesting I could go scoop that up?

I didn't suggest that anyone scoop up anything.  Besides, microsoft.org 
is registered to microsoft corporation.  The whois record for 
microsoft.org follows.

Registrant: 
Microsoft Corporation (MICROSOFT79-DOM) 
One Microsoft Way 
Redmond, WA 98052 
US 

Domain Name: MICROSOFT.ORG 

Administrative Contact: 
Gudmundson, Carolyn  (SZZNJECVWI) domains{at}MICROSOFT.COM 
One Microsoft Way 
Redmond, WA  98052 
US 
+1 (425) 882-8080 +1 (425) 936-7329 
Technical Contact: 
Microsoft  (EJSEHEQUAO) msnhst{at}MICROSOFT.COM 
Microsoft 
One Microsoft Way 
Redmond, WA 98052 
US 
425-882-8080 

Record expires on 30-Apr-2005. 
Record created on 30-Apr-2000. 
Database last updated on 20-Apr-2003 19:23:26 EDT.

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