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Star Wars Domain Names in the UK: Disney Regains Control

The Walt Disney Company, which acquired Lucasfilms and the rights to the Star Wars franchise for more than $4.06 billion in 2012, is getting its ducks in a row for “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” which comes out December 18, 2015. As part of that process, it recently wrested back control of several Star Wars domain names in the United Kingdom from a third party who previously owned them.

In what was year the shortened .uk domain format introduced? Read more about Domain Names.

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In addition to Thriving Attorney, Darin M. Klemchuk is founder of Klemchuk LLP, a litigation, intellectual property, and transactional law firm located in Dallas, Texas.  He also co-founded Project K, a charity devoted to changing the world one random act of kindness at a time.  Click to read more about Darin Klemchuk's practice as an intellectual property lawyer.