Websites named after pandas up for sale - Shanghai Daily

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Websites named after pandas up for sale
Shanghai Daily,*China*- 6 minutes ago
A MAN from Hunan Province has bought 16 Website domain names related to the two giant pandas that the Chinese mainland gave as gifts to Taiwan. ...


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"Though the Websites don't involve trademarks or corporate names, the giant pandas are of public interest. Profits from these names shouldn't be enjoyed by a unique person," said Gu Huimin, an intellectual property rights attorney with Shanghai NORSN Law Firm.

"If the government thinks the Websites tarnish the seriousness of panda-giving issue or influence the relationship between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, it may cancel them. Then buyers can face a serious loss, if they pay a lot (for the domain names)."

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