Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Bucci
1997 American legal case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Bucci, 1997 WL 133313 (S.D.N.Y. 1997), was a court ruling at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The ruling was an important early precedent on the trademark value of a domain name on the World Wide Web, and established the theory that hosting a site under a domain name that reflected the registered trademark of a different party constituted trademark infringement.
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Bucci | |
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Court | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Decided | Mar. 19, 1997 |
Citation(s) | 1997 WL 133313 |
Case history | |
Subsequent action(s) | Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Bucci, 152 F. 3d 920 (2nd Cir. 1998) (affirming district court by summary order). |
Holding | |
Using the name of an organization in the domain name of a website that criticizes that organization is a violation of trademark law. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Kimba M. Wood |
Keywords | |
Cybersquatting, Lanham Act, United States trademark law |
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