
Jennifer Lopez doesn’t play around when it comes to people using her name and image for profit – and rightfully so!
The Latin diva sued some Internet guy who registered two sites under her name in order to make money.
The sites, JenniferLopez.net and JenniferLopez.org, take users to ad-filled pages with little content mainly on J-Lo.
Both websites claims to be fan site, stating they were neither “supported or endorsed by Jennifer Lopez or her affiliated enterprises.”
According to court documents, the websites’ owner, “registered two domain names that are identical to the complainant’s mark and has used those domain names to attract Internet users to a website from which (he) generates pay-per-click advertising.”
An independent arbitrator has now ordered that the domain names be transferred to the Jennifer Lopez Foundation within 10 days of the ruling.
The arbitrator “found that the registration had been for commercial use and was in bad faith.”
And seeing as how Lopez registered her name as a trademark back in 1999, it seems she had the right to take the domain names!
[Image via RAM/Fame Pictures.]
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