In a US district court, lingerie company Victoria’s Secret has
won four domain names from Victoria’s Cyber Secret, an internet
company, in addition to damages of $120,000, according to a report
by news agency Associated Press.
The domain names victoriassexsecret.com,
victoriassexysecret.com, victoriasexsecret.com and
victoriasexysecret.com, were all registered by Victoria’s Cyber
Secret. The company said it planned to use them for porn sites
starring Playboy model Victoria Silvstedt, although Silvstedt said
she had not given the company authorisation to do so.
In March 2000, a National Arbitration Forum (NAF) tribunal
ordered that the domain names be transferred to Victoria’s Secret
because they infringed on trade marks owned by the lingerie company
since 1982. Victoria’s Cyber Secret failed to comply with this
ruling so Victoria’s Secret took the matter before the US
courts.
