Thread: BJP Leader Gets Interim Junction Restraining Use of Domain

BJP leader Arun Jaitley has succeeded in getting an interim injunction at the Delhi High Court regarding the domain ArunJaitley.com. The injunction restrains the website from advertising or using the domain name for auction purposes (pending a final order deciding the merits of Jaitley's petition to get the name transferred to him).

Here is the story so far: Network Solutions, a USA based web hosting company had owned the domain arunjaitley.com. Learning this, Mr. Jaitley had apparently approached the website for the ownership of the domain when he was told that the domain name was ‘pending deletion’. But soon after, the domain name was put back on sale at a price of $14,445. And on August 27,2009, the domain name was transferred to M/S Portfolio Brains, a domain name auctions website.

Source: WATBlog.com

I'm guessing the BJP leader will win this domain as I very much doubt the registrant has a legitimate connection to this domain. Owing a domain that incorporates the full-name of a well-known person or a celebrity is risky. There have been many WIPO cases that backs this up.

Whether it's for defensive reasons, vanity reasons, business reasons, personal reasons (or because you know you'll be famous one day ), have your registered your name?