The publisher of hacker magazine 2600 has presented a motion
requesting that the legal action brought against it by Ford Motor
Company be dismissed. It principally argues that Ford has failed to
state a valid legal claim, but also asserts that the case should be
dismissed on a technical ground relating to jurisdiction.
The complaint made by Ford concerns the domain name
FuckGeneralMotors.com, which had been registered by 2600
Enterprises. The domain name redirects traffic to the Ford.com web
site. Ford claims that this would lead the public to believe that
the derogatory domain name in some way reflected its views on
General Motors.
In response, 2600 Enterprises argues that, since it is clearly
identified as the official registrant of the domain name, there can
be no confusion over any connection between the opinion expressed
in the domain name and that of Ford.
