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FRANCE.COM, INC. v. FRENCH REPUBLIC

No: 20-1016.

992 F.3d 248 (2021)

FRANCE.COM, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FRENCH REPUBLIC; Atout France; The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs; France.com, a domain name, Defendants-Appellants, and Jean-Yves Le Drian, in his official capacity as the French Republic's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs; Verisign, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Michael Griem, Jr. , CARTER LEDYARD & MULBURN LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants. Benjamin S. Barlow , DUNLAP BENNETT & LUDWIG PLLC, Leesburg, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mark R. Colombell , Zachary D. Cohen , John P. O'Herron , THOMPSONMCMULLAN, P.C., Richmond, Virginia; Nicholas W. Tapert , CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants. David Ludwig , DUNLAP BENNETT & LUDWIG PLLC, Leesburg, Virginia; Eve J. Brown , C. Alexander Chiulli , BARTON GILMAN LLP, Providence, Rhode Island, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Judge Rushing joined.

This appeal involves a dispute as to the ownership of the domain name <France.com>. In 1994, a California corporation, France.com, Inc. ("the Corporation") purchased and registered the domain name <France.com> and trademarks for "France.com." Twenty years...

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