Another domain name dispute has been settled, this time between the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Ringling Brothers circus. PETA had registered ringlingbrothers.com and began posting information on the site documenting alleged incidents of animal cruelty perpetrated by the circus. Ringling Brothers sued PETA with a deceptive trademark lawsuit. PETA said at the time that it had got a few hits on the web site but nothing compared to what happened after the circus had issued a press release about it. PETA has now agreed to hand over the domain name to the circus in return for it dropping the lawsuit. The group has since launched a general site detailing the treatment of animals in circuses at circuses.com and the ringlingbrothers.com site remains blank. PETA is no stranger to being targeted itself. A couple of years ago Michael Doughney registered peta.org under the name People Eating Tasty Animals and put up links to various meat industry bodies and campaigns. PETA complained and Network Solutions Inc put the name on hold, where it remains still.
