LYNCHBURG, Va. -- A Web site that pokes fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell and uses his name without his consent will be allowed to continue, an international arbiter of Internet domain names has ruled.
The World Intellectual Property Organization denied Falwell's complaint against Gary Cohn, owner of www.jerryfalwell.com, in a decision distributed Thursday.
The Geneva, Switzerland-based arbiters' panel denied Falwell's claim that he has a common-law trademark on his name.
"The complainant has failed to show that his name, well known as it is, has been used in a trademark sense as a label of particular goods or services. There are many well-known ministers, religious figures and academics. Are their sermons or lectures to be considered commercial goods?" the decision reads.
Previous WIPO policy has ruled that protection should be limited to personal names that have been commercially exploited.
Tennis star Borg plans for third marriage
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Tennis great Bjorn Borg will get married Saturday for the third time.
Borg, 46, will marry Patricia Oestfeldt, a 32-year-old broker, in the 18th-century Ingaroe church in the archipelago east of Stockholm.
About 130 people were expected to attend the wedding, including former tennis stars Ilie Nastase, Mats Wilander and Anders Jarryd, organizer Alexandra Charles said Thursday.
John McEnroe, who had several classic duels with Borg, also was invited but it was uncertain whether he'd attend, Charles said.
Borg, who won five Wimbledon titles, previously was married to Mariana Simionescu of Romania and Italian singer Loredana Berte. He has a 16-year-old son with model Jannike Bjorling.
Borg and Oestfeldt share an apartment in downtown Stockholm.
Cybill Shepherd given post on river boardMEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Cybill Shepherd has been elected to the Riverfront Development Corp., which manages everything on public land near the Mississippi River, including 11 city parks.
The 52-year-old actress, who starred in the "Cybill" and "Moonlighting" TV series, will begin a three-year term on the nonprofit board of civic and business leaders in July.
Shepherd, elected by other board members, has a Memphis riverfront home.
Her film credits include "The Last Picture Show."
--From wire reports
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