Denic to Delete Domain Name

CK - Washington.   German .de TLD monopoly registrar must delete domain names that obviously violate the rights in names protected by section 12 of the German Civil Code, a landmark ruling of the Frankfurt Court of Appeals dated June 17, 2010 states. Denic's obligations in civil encorcement proceedings are hotly contested. In the now-decided dispute known as regierung-oberbayern.de, docket number 16 U 239/09, the state of Bavaria claimed that certain domains incorporating the names of districts and the German equivalent of government or administration violated its rights. The Frankfurt court determined that a judgment against the owner of the domains can be enforced against Denic. By contrast, and in rejecting a wide-spread assumption, a judgment against the registered administrator of the doma…