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: Bangkok Post / 2 ÊÔ§ËÒ¤Á 2543
Us-baseed Unternet directory gaint Yahoo! cuold be heading for a round of legal brawls if, as some expect, it sets up in the Kingdom. The company recently found out that its intrended domain name-yahoo.co.th-has already been acquired by Thailand,s Yahoo Company Limited. Yahoo! showed its interest in the thai market early this tear after news leaked that that the company held talks with eThailand.com and Mweb. It was also reported that the US giant wanted to close Thai directory site Yoohhoo.com because it sounded too close to Yahoo. However, Yoohhoo is still in operation. According to Yoohhoo.com managing director Chatchai Thumprasreat, the directory giant does not have the right to close its site. However, it may be maore determined to put a stop to the use of yahoo.co.th. According to Thailand Yahoo Company Limited managing director Yaun Park, the company was set up in the hope of partnering with the US-base Yahoo!. "We did not have the intention to register the name just to sell it, but if they want it then we can give the name to them with conditions. "We would like to work with them or itherwise they will have to pay for all costs," he said. A US Yahoo! executive has already contacted the Thai company-which has since changed its name to Thai system Integration and offers web hosting and home page designing services-to demand the name back. "They said Yahoo must belong only to Yahoo Inc worldwide. I do not understand this reason," Mr Park stated. He point out that Yahoo Company Limited is legally registered in Thailand with 2 million bath capital registration. As a result, the Thailand Network Information Centre (ThNic), which oversees ".th" domain names, granted it the use of http://www.yahoo.co.th Currently, the domain name still belongs to Mr Park's company and the conflict has not been resolved. Law firm Damnoen, Somkriat and Boonma, which represents the US-based Yahoo, would not comment on the issue. Dr.somkiat Tangkitvanich, a research specialist with the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), said that so-called cyber squatting is one of the major problems affecting the growth of electronic commerce. Some 727 cases of abusive registration were recorded between December and May this year, with 327 of the casees won by the original trademark holder. Dr somkait clamed there was a hole in the first-come, first- serve policy of domain name registration, as there was no cross-checking to see if someone has rights to the name. |
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