Company goes after 6 domains related to new brand.
Last week I scooped that 20th Century Fox would be changing its name to 21st Century Fox thanks to some domain name registrations.
One of the big questions remaining questions is how the company will get the domain name 21stCenturyFox.com, which was registered in 1997.
Well, the company has turned to UDRP to recover some domains related to 21st Century Fox – but it’s not for 21stCenturyFox.com (at least yet).
The company filed a complaint against Brando Bronzino of Hollywood over six domain names:
21stcenturyfoxfilmcorporation.com
21stcenturyfoxstudios.com
21stcenturyfoxfilmcompany.com
21stcenturyfox.mobi
21stcenturyfox.me
21stcenturyfox.net
All of the domains were registered February 25, which suggests that Bronzino may have figured out (or guessed) the name change ahead of time.
Nic says
“Last week I scooped that 20th Century Fox…”
Yes, I suppose you did; not bad at all DNW. I never thought of it like that. Congratulations!
Domainpalooza says
Not uncommon, 20th Century Insurance changed to 21st century insurance , 21st.com years ago
Acro says
Any brand linked to a current date period will have issues like that. Unfortunately, I won’t be around to see my prediction unfold in 2101.
bb says
Hmm…Perhaps Bronzino is a 21st Century Leonardo Da Vinci !