G.A. Modefine S.A., holder of the Georgio Armani trademark, filed a complaint to seize the domain armani.com from Vancouver graphic designer A. R. Mani.
On 20 July 2001, WIPO Panelist Nick Gardner found G. A. Modefine's complaint to be an abusive proceeding and decided not to transfer or cancel armani.com.
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Fashion giant Armani loses a case to prevent a Mr. A.R.Mani using its brand name in his web address.
Text of WIPO decision not to transfer armani.com from A.R. Mani to Georgio Armani trademark holder.
A Canadian artist has won the right to the www.armani.com domain, following a remarkable hearing at arbitrator WIPO. By Kieren McCarthy.
(August 06, 2001)
Following on from the recent WIPO case in which a judge ruled that Mr Anand Ramnath Mani (A.R.Mani) was entitled to the Armani.com domain, we pondered just how much Armani.com was worth. By Kieren McCarthy.
(August 06, 2001)
Text of WIPO decision not to transfer armani.com from A.R. Mani to Georgio Armani trademark holder.
Fashion giant Armani loses a case to prevent a Mr. A.R.Mani using its brand name in his web address.
Following on from the recent WIPO case in which a judge ruled that Mr Anand Ramnath Mani (A.R.Mani) was entitled to the Armani.com domain, we pondered just how much Armani.com was worth. By Kieren McCarthy.
(August 06, 2001)
A Canadian artist has won the right to the www.armani.com domain, following a remarkable hearing at arbitrator WIPO. By Kieren McCarthy.
(August 06, 2001)
