Region: Norway

In <i>Google Inc v SMS Fun AS</i>, an Oslo court has refused Google's petition for an interim injunction preventing SMS Fun from using the domain name 'google.no'. The court held that Google had failed to provide evidence of a risk of substantial damage or inconvenience as a result of the registration and use.

11 February 2003

The Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled that, although it is a common expression, '<i>god morgon</i>' (good morning) is sufficiently distinctive to be registered as a trademark, thereby overruling a decision by the Patent & Trademark Office to reject Sweden-based Jo-Bolaget Fruktprodukter's application.

29 November 2002

In the case of <i>Bjørgu AS v Transporthåndboken.no AS</i>, a court in Fredrikstad has issued a preliminary injunction forbidding Transporthåndboken.no from using the phrase 'The Transport Manual' (<i>Transporthåndboken</i>) as a domain name, company name or general mark, based on a violation of the Marketing Act.

30 October 2002

A Ministry of Transport working group has issued its report regarding Phase Two of the liberalization of Norway's domain name regulations. The report focuses on the administration of the country-code top-level domain '.no', which is the responsibility of NORID.

08 May 2002

The County Court of Stavanger has found a cybersquatter guilty of blackmail and gaining possession of trade secrets in an unreasonable way. The domain name holder of 'kvearner.com' received and read an email containing confidential information intended for Kvaerner ASA, the owner of 'kvaerner.com'.

27 November 2001

The relationship between trademark protection and domain names under the country code top-level domain '.no' has to some extent been clarified by a number of recent court decisions concerning the marks CARLSBERG, SONY and KVAERNER.

15 October 2001