The domain name ASTERIXTOUR.COM was registered in 2002. The defendant organized various tours to Turkey under the name AsterixTours. Les Editions Albert René, the proprietor of the Asterix comic books, started a UDRP-procedure and demanded that the website would be transferred to them. The claim was denied. Defendant claims that they have been using the name for fifteen years and that the name refers to a mythological hero and not the comic book character. This outcome was to be expected, and it is rather strange that Les Editions Albert René chose this route.
