Commercial Use of Domain Names
am 27.01.2006 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
HF - Washington. On January 26, 2006, Sebastian Meis explored the
issue of commercial use of domain names in Germany in The
Commercial Use of Domain Names Under German Law.
Discussing a recent German court decision of a district court,
Landgericht
Düsseldorf, dated June 1, 2005, docket number 2A O 9/05, he
explains the circumstances that render the use of a domain name
commercial. The classification of the use of domain names as commercial
is of …
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