HMO sues charity over domain name

BMJ 1999; 319 doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1592f (Published 18 December 1999)
Cite this as: BMJ 1999;319:1592.7

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  1. Douglas Carnall
  1. BMJ

    A large Californian health maintenance organisation is suing a health charity because it wants its internet domain name.

    HealthNet is owned by Foundation Health Systems and looks after 2.2 million Californians with a budget of $8.9bn (£5.6bn). In contrast, SatelLife, which owns the HealthNet.org domain name has an annual budget of just over $1m (£625 000). …

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