The rogue website vyagra.com has been dismissed as little more than a scam by the United Nations' copyright agency, which has ruled it should be handed over to Viagra-maker Pfizer.
The UN's World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which arbitrates global Internet domain disputes, found that the site was aimed largely at extracting money from the world's biggest drug company and maker of the anti-impotence treatment.
The site, which is not currently active according to a report from the Geneva-based agency, in the past had directed surfers to other drug companies and pornographic links.
The current owner of vyagra.com told WIPO by e-mail he had bought the site this year and then offered it for sale to Pfizer.
The company said it proposed a price of $150 to cover the administrative costs of changing the registration but the anonymous owner asked for $2,500.
Source:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s925872.htm
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