news Former France.com domain owner asks Supreme Court to consider case

[NickB]

"Jean-Noël Frydman, who owned France.com from 1994 until 2018, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in."........

https://domainnamewire.com/2021/09/...in-owner-asks-supreme-court-to-consider-case/

2018 Namepros thread below

"France seizes France.com from man who’s had it since ‘94, so he sues"

https://www.namepros.com/threads/fr...-it-since-94-so-he-sues.1078710/#post-6692761

 

[Kingslayer]

Timing is probably quite bad with AUKUS, France are not happy with America, so don't think they will care too much about what the US supreme court says.

But can a US court order ICANN to transfer the domain back over if previous owner wins the appeal?

 

[NickB]

Timing is probably quite bad with AUSUK, France are not happy with America, so don't think they will care too much about what US supreme court says.

But can a US court order ICANN to transfer the domain back over if previous owner wins the appeal?

That's a good question - ICANN are a U.S group after all.

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

One could safely assume that France would be able to afford France.com instead of stealing it. Shouldn't they be using France.eu or France,gov?

 

[Dream Domains]

Wasted effort, but he put a good fight.

 

[Dream Domains]

NewZealand.com was retained, France.com was confiscated.

And they keep telling me there is some type of law.

 

[Windoms]

If its owned by french government then game over.
Because diplomacy and upper level networking kicks in, for the countries best interests, which are above this man's needs.

 

[tech4]

There is wikipedia link on "Atout France" and foreign diplomacy .... There are multiple pages in English and in French.

Adding entries like lawsuit, stolen domain, and controversy about France.com could help. Even with Ausuk ...big media will help alot since its one more reason for Ausuk to exist ....

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I hope that they get France.com back, delivered safely in a UK backed Nuclear submarine.

 

[CraigD]

This started with the owner of France.com filing a trademark dispute.

And the French stepped in...

AUKUS aside, I think it was a doomed case from that point on.

Remember the TM disputes over Champagne?

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

My french isn't as good as it used to be but the last time I checked the French called their country "La France".

France is an English word.

 

[CraigD]

My french isn't as good as it used to be but the last time I checked the French called their country "La France".

France is an English word.

Interesting. There are a few interpretations about that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_France

 

[iAdam]

France.com redirects to France.fr

 

[NickB]

France.com redirects to France.fr

Yeah, with a handy little "TM" next to France in the logo

 

[Future Sensors]

The site seems to focus on positive news only.

 

[tech4]

Yeah, with a handy little "TM" next to France in the logo

Anh when was this changed ? Is it recently ?

 

[CraigD]

Came across this in relation to that little TM next to the word France:

Partner with France / avec la France
https://www.proparco.fr/en/partner-france

 

[nam.es]

My french isn't as good as it used to be but the last time I checked the French called their country "La France".

France is an English word.

no

 

[iAdam]

"La" is an article.. that's like saying "The" United States.

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

"La" is an article.. that's like saying "The" United States.

It's still the name of their country in French.

If I owned UnitedStates.com then the US Govt wouldn't be able to claim it from me. The country is called USA for short. The United States of America.

But they could probably claim TheUnitedStatesOfAmerica.com. Anyway .gov is for governments. The guy should have changed his name to Francecom.