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Jamaican Gold Medalist Domain Names Blocked

August 27, No Comments

The Olympics has created a new set of celebrities and some domainers have seen the $$ and have registered the .com’s and put some up for sale.

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In the case of Jamica, the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office JIPO is now involved.

JIPO executive director Carol Simpson told The Jamaica Observer that the athletes’ rights are secured globally – “Usain is a protected trademark and we would discourage anyone trying to infringe on his intellectual property rights.”

UsainBolt is currently listed at Sedo – but for how long?

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