Entrepreneur wannabes do it -- why not lawyers? Two attorneys, one in California and another in Minnesota, recently jumped on the cybersquatting bandwagon. They registered domain names incorporating the monikers of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. According to court documents, the California attorney registered "serenawilliams.com" to promote his views on sexism and racism, as well as to advertise his law practice. Apparently the irony of stealing the name of an African-American woman escaped him.
November 04, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Entrepreneur wannabes do it; political satirists do it. Why not lawyers?
Two attorneys — one in Chula Vista, California and another in Minneapolis, Minn. — recently jumped on the cybersquatting bandwagon. They registered domain names incorporating the monikers of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, respectively.
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