Chong Try to Smoke Out Domain Name — Cheech &

Comedians file for arbitration to get domain name.

Comedy duo Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong are reuniting — to go following the domain name CheechandChong.com. Following a long separation, the pair have been making numerous appearances and a tour together. So it naturally follows that they’d want to grab the domain name. A complaint was filed World Intellectual Property Organization and ought to be resolved within a couple months.

The domain name is right now used by Traced Inc. as a web site selling all kinds of “paraphernalia” related to the comedians. That includes everything from DVDs to t-shirts to lighters. At the bottom of the web site is a disclaimer:

Disclaimer: Cheech and Chong Dot Com is a Cheech and Chong fan site. It is not operated by Cheech and Chong.

Perhaps it’s a fan site, but it’s basically an online store for Cheech & Chong memorabilia.

You can’t blame Cheech & Chong for not getting their hands on this domain a while ago. They couldn’t have registered it back in the seventies. And things have been a bit fuzzy since then.