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Oscar organisers lose legal battle over alleged cybersquatting

The organisers of the Oscars have lost a five-year legal battle over alleged cybersquatting. They'd...
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3:51 PM - 14 Sep 2015



Oscar organisers lose legal ba...

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Oscar organisers lose legal battle over alleged cybersquatting

TodayFM
TodayFM

3:51 PM - 14 Sep 2015



The organisers of the Oscars have lost a five-year legal battle over alleged cybersquatting.

They'd accused web domain company GoDaddy of illegally profiting from its trademarks - by selling addresses like AcademyAwards-dot-net.

They wanted almost 25 million euro in compensation.

But a judge ruled GoDaddy doesn't have to pay them anything, because they hadn't lost any money or web traffic.



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