A preliminary injunction was imposed after Northern Light
Technology successfully argued that Mr Burgar’s site amounted to
cybersquatting, based on his refusal to sell the domain name. On
his site, Mr Burgar offers a link to northernlight.com in addition
to many other unconnected sites making reference to the words
Northern Lights. There is little else on his site.
Mr Burgar says the only reason the problem ever came to light
was when Northern Light Technology were alerted to it by the
company’s URL being misquoted in a USA Today article. Mr Burgar has
previously had success in defending allegations of cybersquatting.
An arbitration panel recently upheld his right his right to use the
name tammy.com to link to an adult web site when the UK company
that uses the “Tammy” brand to market teenage girls clothes
complained he was using the name in bad faith. He also succeeded in
keeping brucespringsteen.com from the singer.
