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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jan. 27, 2012

Porn site disputes are litmus test

Arbitrators in a series of early disputes over website addresses ending in dot xxx are applying a resolution process that could be worth emulating in other top-level domain claims.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - The pornography industry is setting an example.


Arbitrators in early disputes over website addresses ending in the letters "xxx" are applying a new dispute resolution process that is speedier than out-of-court resolutions in so-called cybersquatting cases of years past. The dot-xxx website suffix, or "top-level domain," launched last year for adult-only Internet ...

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