Software firm wins battle to retain FSA name

A Bournemouth-based software company has won its spat with the Financial Services Authority and retained the right to use the FSA.co.uk domain name. Nominet - the internet adjudicator which was forced to step in and settle the matter after the FSA threatened legal action against Findlay Steele - has ruled in favour of the existing owners on the basis that the FSA had not raised the issue as grounds for "consumer confusion" until emails from its own lawyers were sent to Findlay Steele by mistake. The row between the FSA and Findlay Steele Associates broke out several months ago after i...