# ICANN resolves Leonard-Cheshire.com dispute

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/04/29/icann-resolves-leonardcheshirecom-dispute/
- Published: 2001-04-29T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Domain name authority ICANN, together with the World Intellectual Property Organisation(
WIPO) has resolved the dispute over the leonard-cheshire.com domain name in favour
of the charity Leonard Cheshire. 
Domain name authority ICANN, together with the
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has resolved the dispute over the
leonard-cheshire.com domain name in favour of the charity Leonard Cheshire. UK Fundraising
[reported](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2001/02/index.html#cheshire) on the
dispute in February.

A spokesperson from Leonard Cheshire said: “We are pleased that the ICANN has ruled
in our favour. The leonard-cheshire.com URL will now be the home of The Friends 
of Leonard Cheshire Inc, an organisation based in Washington, which works to create
opportunities with disabled people throughout the Americas.”

Visit [Leonard Cheshire,](http://www.leonard-cheshire.org) and read UK Fundraising’s
coverage of charity domain name issues.

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