Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling

Robin · 04-01-2005

"Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling

By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court last week may have written the final chapter to a sordid legal saga that helped establish Internet domain names as property.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Stephen Cohen's appeal of a 2001 federal court ruling that he pay businessman Gary Kremen $65 million for stealing the domain name Sex.com in 1995 and building it into a multimillion-dollar business....."

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/...31-sexcom_x.htm

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04-01-2005	#1
Robin Officially Tired of retirement Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 296	"Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court last week may have written the final chapter to a sordid legal saga that helped establish Internet domain names as property. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Stephen Cohen's appeal of a 2001 federal court ruling that he pay businessman Gary Kremen $65 million for stealing the domain name Sex.com in 1995 and building it into a multimillion-dollar business....." http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/...31-sexcom_x.htm