DVLA fails in reverse domain name hijack
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 01 January 2003 - 09:41 · 8 comments & 751 views
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#1 Posted by Chicane-UK on 01 Jan 2003 - 11:51
- Good stuff... cant stand the DVLA anyway!
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#2 Posted by Y2K2 on 01 Jan 2003 - 12:10
- yeah DVLA really suck...
in the area i live in only 18% of people past thier driving test first time...
i kiked ass in my driving test...2 minors only..and got 34/35 in my theory test..
woohoo..
shame i cant afford a car yet.
.and insurance wooh..£2,000+ it'll cost for starters :disappoin ... -
#2.1 Posted by chrisnelis on 01 Jan 2003 - 14:34
- I guess the test failures is probably down to something else eg bad driving instructors etc. What are you trying to insure for £2000 ? Good score on the test though. I took 3 attempts but one of them was down to a puncture in my 2 month old car. Could not take the test that day
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#3 Posted by Cody on 01 Jan 2003 - 15:39
- hmm .com's are american arent they...and .co.uk is Uk so why dont they get DVLA.co.uk???? hmmm?
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#4 Posted by whistlerxp on 01 Jan 2003 - 18:23
- The DVLA are hoping for more visits, it's much easyer tov remember DVLA.com instead of DVLA.gov.uk or DVLA.co.uk
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#5 Posted by Yvo on 01 Jan 2003 - 19:52
- what a bunch of whiners. isn't the uk supposed to be with in their own domain... aka .co.uk. real bunch of smart people over there across the pond.
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#5.1 Posted by parimal_kumar on 02 Jan 2003 - 01:13
- There are plenty of cases of british companies having .com addresses. This is probably (although I am sure somebody will correct me) makes more business sense because most people associate .com with the www first! They'd usually try that companyname.com before trying anything else. Didn't some company hand over bbc.com to BBC here in Britain because they were getting too many hits from people looking for the BBC website as opposed to the company which owned bbc.com?!
The DVLA went to domain arbitrator WIPO in an attempt to obtain control of the disputed domain from DVL Automation Inc, a Pennsylvania-based firm which specialises in automation control and logic systems for power plants. It lost its case, and earned itself a sharp rebuke from Dan Hunter, sitting alone on WIPO's arbitration panel.
Hunter ruled that the DVLA acted in bad faith and its complaint constituted an abuse of WIPO's oft-criticised Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
Although the UK government body established that it has registered the trademark for the term "DVLA", this right doesn't extend to taking over the running of DVLA.com, he ruled. DVL Automation has used DVLA.com for six years in its business, which can hardly be confused with driving license administration. Hunter questioned the DVLA's assertion that the US firm should be using DVL.com and that by not doing so it was acting in bad faith.
On the contrary it was the DVLA that was acting in bad faith and its claim amounted to an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking. Strong stuff, and sure to cause a certain amount of discomfort in the Swansea HQ of the DVLA
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