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Article: Searching for the Tour de France? A tour de force!("Tour de France" domain names)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- October 27, 2003
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The summer of 2003 will remain in the French collective memory as a landmark period: tragedy as a result of the hot weather, but fortunately also joy and festivities thanks to the year's sporting events, such as the 100th Tour de France and the World Athletics Championships 2003 which graced Paris.
At a time when the WIPO has recently announced the submission to its Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the 5000th cybersquatting dispute under the UDRP, pointing out the coincidence that this 5000th dispute (filed by the English football club Tottenham Hotspur) was submitted by a sporting organisation, just like the first dispute (filed by the World Wrestling ...