Chip Rosenthal registered unicom.com in 1990. Unicom Systems made several offers to by the domain starting in 1998. In December 2001, they sued in US District Court in California on several charges including cyberpiracy, unfair competition, and infringement of their trademark registered in 1997.- Category ID : 55940
Unicom Systems sued Austin businessman Chip Rosenthal for trademark infringement over his long-time domain unicom.com. The suit was dismissed by a California court for having been filed in an inappropriate jurisdiction. [Austin Business Journal]