australianairlines.com UDRP

[GeorgeK]

Here's one of the funniest UDRP's I've seen in a while:

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0140.html

Excerpt: "The principle business of the Respondent is operating a chain of coffee shops in the Netherlands. When marijuana is legalized in Australia, the Respondent intends to promote the expression flying australian airlines so that it will become synonymous with "smoking weed". When that phrase "… is established as the code for smoking marijuana, then the australianairlines.com website will be the best name to offer airline tickets to Australia on-line, to smokers of marijuana." So, the Respondent is waiting to develop a website for the domain name when marijuana is legalised in Australia.

:laugh:

 

[CoolHost.com]

Yes, I know this one ... the Respondent is the dude on the top left of the home page!
Thanks, George.

 

[pljones]

Amusing argument by the respondent, but he still lost the case.