Lawyers and the Earth (Score 2)

Actually, Mondial has made (failed) attempts to force the owner of the earth.com site to give the site name to them... I know it's not exactly the same issue, and is related to DNS problems, but since you brought it up... Also, they _do_ own the trademark 'earth': "Mondial acquired the trademark EARTH. (See Ex. A - U.S. Registration No. 1,371,439 for EARTH, issued November 19, 1985.) For many years, Mondial has prominently and continually used the mark EARTH for footwear." see www.earth.com for more info...