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And Cameron Diaz Win Domain Names — Jim Carrey

And Cameron Diaz Win Domain Names — Jim Carrey

Celebrities win domain names through arbitration.

As a follow up to Reglike’s earlier stories, both Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz have won their respective domain names through arbitration proceedings.

Actor and comedian Jim Carrey filed his case in April with World Intellectual Property Organization to get the domain name JimCarrey.com. As stated by Compete.com, JimCarrey.com gets a few hundred unique visitors per month.

Actress Cameron Diaz filed a case with National Arbitration Forum in April to get CameronDiaz.com.

Carrey and Diaz join a number of other celebrities to pick up their domain names through arbitration lately. Jay Leno has filed to get a number of domain names (some of which were handed over by now), Alien Star Sigourney Weaver won SigourneyWeaver.com, and the owner of ElizabethTaylor.com gave Elizabeth Taylor the domain name following she filed a complaint.

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