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Apple wins dispute over iTunes.co.uk
, 20 March 2005Computer maker Apple has been granted control of the domain name iTunes.co.uk by the UK registry Nominet.
iTunes.co.uks original owner, Benjamin Cohen, registered the domain name before Apple announced its online service. Following the Nominet decision, he vowed to appeal it, either through Nominet or at the High Court. The domain name was registered in November 2000 and was redirected to a music search engine on CyberBritain. Apple only launched its UK service in June last year. The Respondent Mr Cohen said: "I must admit that we were not expecting this decision by Nominet's appointed expert. Apple chose to launch the UK brand of 'iTunes' within the UK with the knowledge that we had owned the domain name for three years before their US launch and four years before their launch within the UK.
Nominet-appointed expert Claire Milne, a telecoms consultant, found that: "On the balance of probabilities, I find that the domain name, in the hands of the Respondent, is an abusive registration on the grounds of its use in a manner taking unfair advantage of, and being unfairly detrimental to the rights of the Complainant."
iTunes.co.uks original owner, Benjamin Cohen, registered the domain name before Apple announced its online service. Following the Nominet decision, he vowed to appeal it, either through Nominet or at the High Court. The domain name was registered in November 2000 and was redirected to a music search engine on CyberBritain. Apple only launched its UK service in June last year. The Respondent Mr Cohen said: "I must admit that we were not expecting this decision by Nominet's appointed expert. Apple chose to launch the UK brand of 'iTunes' within the UK with the knowledge that we had owned the domain name for three years before their US launch and four years before their launch within the UK.
Nominet-appointed expert Claire Milne, a telecoms consultant, found that: "On the balance of probabilities, I find that the domain name, in the hands of the Respondent, is an abusive registration on the grounds of its use in a manner taking unfair advantage of, and being unfairly detrimental to the rights of the Complainant."