December 17, 1999

Harvard Sues 'Cybersquatters' Over Domain Names

Harvard University has filed suit in federal court in Boston against two men operating a World-Wide Web site named HarvardYardSale.com, which has for sale 65 Internet-domain names using the word "Harvard," such as harvard-lawschool.com and virtualharvard.com.

The two men, Michael Rhys and Michael Douglas, sent Harvard an e-mail message in October asking whether the university wished to purchase the names, says Robert B. Donin, a lawyer for

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