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National Arbitration Forum Issues Decision on Rachel Ashwell Web AddressReleased on = December 27, 2004, 8:02 am Press Release Author = National Arbitration Forum Industry = Law Press Release
Summary = A National Arbitration Forum arbitrator ruled on November
22, 2004 that Shabby Chic, Inc. owned the legal rights to the website
address rachelashwell.com in a dispute involving allegations of
“cybersquatting” and the Press Release Body = A National Arbitration Forum arbitrator ruled on November 22, 2004 that Shabby Chic, Inc. owned the legal rights to the website address rachelashwell.com in a dispute involving allegations of “cybersquatting” and the right to control and use this address on the Internet. Representatives
of the well-known designer and author, Rachel Ashwell, filed the
dispute September 27, 2004 with the Minneapolis-based National Arbitration
Forum. Ashwell’s name is synonymous with the advent of “shabby
chic”; a style of interior It was determined
by the arbitrator that the Respondent, Asia Ventures, Inc., registered
the domain name in bad faith in that they registered a domain name
containing Ms. Ashwell’s mark for commercial gain. Furthermore,
the Respondent’s The domain dispute
was one of thousands heard each year by the National Arbitration
Forum under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP")
of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN").
The domain name Copies of the
decision, Shabby Chic, Inc. v. Asia Ventures, Inc. are available
from the National Arbitration Forum online at the following location: About the National
Arbitration Forum Additional information on National Arbitration Forum news is also available at http://arbitration-forum.blogspot.com ### Web Site =
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