High Court Petitioner Says Gravamen Of France.com Spat Is Trademark Infringement

Mealey's (November 29, 2021, 11:40 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 22 reply brief supporting its petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, the former owner of the France.com domain faults the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for using the wrong actual harm criteria in reaching its conclusion that the gravamen of its complaint against France was a French court’s ruling transferring ownership of the domain rather than trademark infringement....