KLM has won the domain name klm.info from a Hungarian
cybersquatter. To date, there have been fewer than ten decisions
regarding the new domain, although several hundred are already
pending.
The domain name klm.info was registered under the name Excelsa
Coop of Hungary. A representative of the registrant sent an e-mail
to the Dutch airline offering it for sale at $140,000. An argument
that the name was intended for use on a portal for businesses
sharing the initials KLM was rejected by a panellist of the World
Intellectual Property Organisation, as was the assertion that it
was not registered "with intent of commercial gain".
The panellist wrote that Excelsa Coop's explanation for its
proposed use of the web site could not be accepted as "anything
other than minimal camouflage for a cybersquatting operation
planned from the outset."
