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American Express Wants .Me Domain, Samsung Goes Following ccTLDs

American Express gets into .me UDRP game, Samsung starts collecting ccTLDs.

American Express has joined a list of firms to use domain name arbitration to get their .me domain names. The firm filed a complaint with WIPO for AmericanExpress.me, which is owned by a Fresh Jersey resident. The domain right now has a GoDaddy parking page. First ad? “American Express® Cards”.

Other firms/brands to get their corresponding .me domain names through UDRP include Overstock, Mozilla, Firefox, ExxonMobil, Sprite, and Porsche.

In other UDRP news, Samsung is starting to get results from a slew of UDRPs it filed for country code domain names a couple months ago. So far it has picked up Samsung.cd (Congo), Samsung.la (Laos), and Samsung.md (Moldova). It has cases pending for Samsung.nu, .nu, .as, .com.ve, .bz, and .tm.

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