France Telecom has lost a case over the right to Web sites pagesjaunes.com and pagesjaunes.net, United Nations arbitrators have ruled.
According to Reuters, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which runs an arbitration system to evict cybersquatters or net users who register famous names in hope of making quick profits, said France Telecom did not have an exclusive right to the Yellow Pages name.
“The fact that all over Europe as well as in the United States, Australia, Canada, India and Russia business directories are known as Yellow Pages precludes the complainant’s claim to exclusivity based on its trademarks,” WIPO said.
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