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Regarding thesimpsonsmovie.com verdict:
Isn't there some sort of ex post facto in this ruling? If he bought the domain name before the law was passed, wouldn't that prevent a WIPO ruling to just "hand it over"?
From Wikipedia:
The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (also known as Truth in Domain Names Act), a United States federal law enacted in 1999, is part of A bill to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite (S. 1948). It makes people who register domain names that are either trademarks or individual's names with the sole intent of selling the rights of the domain name to the trademark holder or individual for a profit liable to civil action. It was sponsored by Senator Trent Lott on November 17, 1999, and enacted on November 29 of the same year.
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