December 5, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 29,1423

GENEVA, Dec 4: Michael Crichton, American author of best-sellers “Jurassic Park” and “Rising Sun”, has won a case against an alleged cybersquatter, arbitrators said on Tuesday.

The ruling, announced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), ordered the Internet domain name be transferred to Crichton after ruling that he had common law trademark rights.

The defendant, Canadian-based internet group Alberta Hot Rods, failed to prove rights or legitimate interests in the domain name, which it registered five years ago, according to the three neutral arbitrators appointed by the United Nations agency. The group, which uses domain names to lead Internauts to its website, previously lost a cybersquatting case brought by American actor Kevin Spacey in the United States.—Reuters