discuss WWF.com

[The Equivocate]

Wrestling fans will have an easier time understanding this than those who aren't. I'm sure most of you heard about the World Wildlife Fund suing the World Wrestling Federation over the initials WWF and the domain www.wwf.com . Well, the Fund won, and the wrestling promotion is now known as WWE. Because of that, the wrestling company had to change their domain to wwe.com, and wwf.com eventually redirected to the Wildlife Fund's site.

Well, today I was typing in www.wwf.com just for kicks, and I get a pro wrestling discussion forum. It seems that just some guy somehow got the domain and is now running a discussion board on that domain. Which brings up a few questions:

1) Didn't the World Wildlife Fund have the domain?
2) If the domain expired, and he was able to snap it, wouldn't the Fund sue him? After all, that's why the World Wrestling Federation was sued - the domain name.

Edit: And after doing a search I now see that someone got it for $8.95... un****ingbelievable.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Actually, I think the original dispute predated the domain name and dates back to the Wrestling WWF agreeing not to promote using the "WWF" initials. Then I think they broke the agreement by promoting the WWF initials heavily, including the website which was the easiest thing for the World Widlife Fund to go after. WIPO and UDRP is cheap compared to a trademark lawsuit, but I think they eventually filed both.

 

[Domainerz]

I've Stopped believing 'Register.com'

Originally posted by Darren
:lala: What Whois where you using!?

I picked up the same results as -RJ-.

I had used 'Register.com' and I'm enclosing file of their result. After using other registrars, I got confirmed that RJ result were correct. I've stopped believing 'Register.com' . You guys can also see that 'Register.com' is still showing that this domain belongs to 'World Wrestling Entertainment'...!!??

 

[The Equivocate]

When the domain was transferred over to the current owner, he put WWE as the current owner, but it's really not.

 

[Grilled]

wwf.com was caught by beatz with an 8.75 bid at namewinner over a year ago. He then sold it to gregr.

Wow!

Anybody know what happened to NameWinner.com?

https://onlinedomain.com/2013/06/21...ave-it-as-their-administrative-email-address/