The ongoing legal battle for ownership of the itunes.co.uk domain name looks like it has at last come to an end.
On Friday, the High Court in London rejected the application for a Judicial Review which was made by Benjamin Cohen, who registered the itunes.co.uk domain name back in November 2000.
The legal battle started in December last year when Apple Inc. pursued Cohen for ownership of the domain name, claiming that Cohen had made an "abusive registration".
It was at the end of March that domain name registry body Nominet ruled in favour of Apple, stating that by offering to sell the domain name, by forwarding visitors (at one point) to rival firm Napster and by forwarding visitors (more recently) to Cohen's commission based web site, QuickQuid.com, Cohen was abusing his registration. The 11 page decision is available for download.
Appealing against the decision, Cohen applied to the UK's High Court for a Judicial Review, accusing Nominet of being biased towards larger corporations. However, the application for Judicial Review was unsuccessful and the High Court has now rejected the application, saying it was "flawed in several respects", noting that Cohen had also failed to use the correct Dispute Resolution Service procedure to resolve the dispute.
Cohen has indicated he intends to continue the legal battle, as he has seven days to apply to the High Court for an oral hearing.
Even though the domain name itunes.co.uk is now forwarding to http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/ - this might not be the last we have heard on the subject.
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