Following a decision by one of the domain arbitration bodies to award Barcelona.com to the Barcelona City Council, the domain name's owner, Barcelona.com Inc, filed a lawsuit in the Virginia courts against the Council on August 18 http://www.tldlobby.com/barcelona.html
Decision overturning a lower court upholding an ICANN UDRP decision to transfer barcelona.com to the City of Barcelona. The court ruled that it would not grant ICANN UDRP decisions any deference. [Adobe Acrobat format] http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/021396.P.pdf
An arbitrator officiating over rights to the Internet address Barcelona.com has decided it should be taken away from its current owners and handed to the Spanish city with the sound-alike name. By Steven Bonisteel. [ComputerUser] http://www.computeruser.com/news/00/08/16/news17.html
Complaint with request for declaratory relief in US District Court for Eastern District of Virginia to prevent transfer of the domain name. http://www.domainbattles.com/lawsuit2.htm
Trial date was originally 11 September, 2001, but proceedings were adjourned early when the District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, was evacuated. [Newsbytes] http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170366.html
"The Fourth Circuit yesterday reversed one of the most outrageous cybersquatting decisions to emerge from the Eastern District of Virginia." [iBusiness Law] http://ibusinesslaw.info/index.php?p=19&more=1
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