Singer wins order in LV against Web operators

Wednesday, April 26, 2000 | 10:54 a.m.

Mariah Carey won a federal court order in Las Vegas that compels two Canadian companies and their two officers to stop using her federally registered trademark to advertise their fan appreciation Internet website.

The singer in February sued Jeff Burgar and Justin Lumsden, who allegedly operate and manage General Webgroup and Internet North, an Alberta-based Internet service provider doing business as Mariah Carey Club and Celebrity Club.

The suit said the Mariah Carey Club and Celebrity Club is operated by General Webgroup, which allegedly rented a mailbox for fan mail at 1350 East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas.

The suit alleged the defendants registered the domain name MARIAHCAREY.COM and were using the name to draw web users to their fan appreciation website at www.celebrity1000.com.

The order requires the defendants to relinquish all rights they hold in the Internet domain name and to transfer that name to Carey. The order also enjoins the defendants from registering and using any domain names that bear "Mariah Carey," "Mariah" or any "intentional misspellings of (the name) Mariah Carey."