Dot com confiscation Chad Nielsen reports on WIPO's questionable decision to turn over barcelona.com to the Barcelona City Council, and outlines its ominous implications. From a local Barcelona business perspective. http://bcn.qwe.as/stories/storyReader$26

The Domain in Spain Stays Mainly with Those Who Complain 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

TLD Lobby: Spanish city council faces US lawsuit over domain name 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

Barcelona.com Trial Seeks New Date After Terrorist Attacks 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

Court Rules Against Barcelona.com "A Spanish travel site is considering an appeal against a US court's decision to strip it of its domain name." By Tim Richardson. [Register] http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24296.html

WIPO Decision: Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Barcelona v. Barcelona.com Inc. Text of decision to transfer Barcelona.com from Barcelona.com Inc. to Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Barcelona by panelist Marino Porzio. http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0505.html

Barcelona.com v. Barcelona 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

4th Circuit Court Decision: Barcelona.com v. Excelentisimo 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

Clarity and Good Sense from the 4th Circuit on ACPA "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

Trademark Protection on the Internet in for Non Top-Level Domains Used as Top-level Domains Overview of trademark protection for country code domain names marketed as alternatives to top level domains. http://www.inventionpatent.net/trademark/trademark-domain-name-1.cfm