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CHAPTER 7
INTERNET LAW,
SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PRIVACY
7-1A. Domain names
The court granted Gallo a summary judgment and awarded $25,000 in statutory damages. The
court enjoined the Thumanns from using the domain name “ERNESTANDJULIOGALLO.COM”
and from registering any name that contains the word “Gallo” or the words “Ernest” and “Julio” in
combination. Finally, the court ordered the Thumanns to transfer to Gallo
“ERNESTANDJULIOGALLO.COM.” The court explained that Spider Webs’ domain name “is
confusingly similar to Gallo’s registered trademark.” The ACPA lists nine factors as to whether a
domain name was registered in bad faith Concluding that Spider Webs had acted in bad faith,
the court pointed out that “Gallo has a registered trademark in the name ‘ERNEST & JULIO
GALLO,’ while Spider Webs has no intellectual property interest in the name . . . . Furthermore,
the domain name . . . does not include the legal name of Spider Webs . . . or of its partners
. . . . Spider Webs has never used the domain name in connection with the bona fide offering
of any goods or services. It has, however, used the name to develop a web site on which it has
made derogatory comments about the instant litigation and about alcohol.” This use “served
only to disparage Gallo and diminish its goodwill.” Also, Thumann’s failure to “seek advice from
counsel prior to acquiring the domain name at issue as to whether it might be engaging in
infringing conduct . . . supports a finding of bad faith.”
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dealing. Because Atari acquired its copy of the source code through false representations, its
copy was unauthorized, and its reverse engineering could not qualify as a fair use.
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