Domain Name in UK Law

  • British Telecommunications Plc v One in A Million Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 Julio 1998
    ... ... 3 The appellants are dealers in Internet domain names. They register them and sell them. They have made a speciality of ... the consent of the person or company owning the goodwill in the name or trade mark. Examples are the registration and subsequent offer for sale ... ...
  • OBG Ltd and another v Allan and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 02 Mayo 2007
    ... ... the heading of "Intimidation" and the existence of a tort of this name was confirmed by the House of Lords in Rookes v Barnard [1964] AC 1129 ... -funded company which provided gratuitous registration of internet domain names could be liable in conversion, on a footing of strict liability, for ... ...
  • Phones 4u Ltd v Phone4u.Company uk Internet Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 Mayo 2006
    ... ... I will collectively call Mr Heykali) registration and use of the domain name and email address "phone4u.co.uk". Mr Heykali has registered other ... ...
  • A v B Plc and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Marzo 2002
    ... ... , the economy, the arts, the social sphere, sport or in any other domain. 8. It is often in the name of a one-sided interpretation of the ... ...
  • Starbucks (HK) Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and Others
    • Chancery Division
    • 02 Noviembre 2012
    ... ... to launch a new standalone internet television service under the name NOW TV. Starbucks contends that the use of that name will infringe ... service in English to consumers across the globe through the domain name www.now.com. PCCW spent several million pounds promoting the service ... ...
  • R v Howell (Errol) (pet dis)
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Febrero 1982
    ... ... the press, openness of justice or documents coming into "the public domain"; nor, with all respect to those of your Lordships who think the contrary, ... Scott [1913] A.C. 417 , and is often referred to by the name of that case, although most of the speeches were devoted to discussion of ... ...
  • Wastell and Another v Stanford International Bank Ltd and Another Serious Fraud Office (Intervening)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 Febrero 2010
    ... ... vi) What is ascertainable by third parties is what is in the public domain, and what they would learn in the ordinary course of business with the ... made by the US authorities and the discovery of three accounts in the name of SIB held with Credit Suisse, four with HSBC and one with Longley Asset ... ...
  • Seager v Copydex Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 Abril 1967
    ... ... He called this grip the "Klent". That was a fancy name to denote its purpose to "catch, cling and clench". He took out a patent ... take special care to use only the material which is in the public domain. He should go to the public source and get it: or, at any rate, not be in ... ...
  • White and Another v Jones and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 16 Febrero 1995
    ... ... In these cases, a person may exceptionally sue in his own name to recover a loss which he has not in fact suffered, being personally ... job of work the law of delict must necessarily be the wrong domain. The argument was advanced before your Lordships gave judgment in ... ...
  • Ashworth Hospital Authority v MGN Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 27 Junio 2002
    ... ... ; (ii) identifying any employee of the claimant and the name of the person or persons (and any address, telephone and fax numbers known ... of material which Ian Brady had placed already in the public domain in furtherance of his campaign. The importance of ... ...
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