Rooney wins cybersquat case
British international striker Wayne Rooney, among 30 players on a shortlist for FIFA’s World Player of the Year Award, has won ownership of a Web site in his name, a United Nations agency said on Friday.Rooney, who plays for Manchester United, won exclusive rights to domain name waynerooney.com after proving his name was a registered trademark, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said.
Rooney’s teammate Joe Cole, Brazilian superstars Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, Dutchman Jaap Stam, Italy’s Francesco Totti and Ghanaian-born prodigy Freddy Adu are among soccer players who have won cybersquatting cases at the Geneva-based agency.