Casino developer wins right to domain names

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 | 11:04 a.m.

A federal judge ordered six registrants of Internet domain names that allegedly infringed trademarks belonging to casino resort developer Steve Wynn of Las Vegas to return the domain names to Wynn.

Wynn and his company Wynn Resorts LLC, which said they own the Wynn and Wynn Resorts trademarks, sued four Californian registrants of the domain names "wynnresorts.com, "stevewynnresorts.com," "wynngaming.com," "wynncasino.com." Wynn also sued the Canadian registrant of "wynnproperties.com" and the Carnegie, Pa.-based registrant of "stevenwynn.net."

U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt said the order "protects consumers against deception and confusion."

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