ShellNews.net: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC DOMAIN NAMES DISPUTE: Designated an “exceptional case” by panel appointed under WIPO auspices
Wednesday 10 August 2005
By John Donovan
A decision is imminent in regards to the proceedings brought by Shell International Petroleum Company Limited against 88 year old ShellNews.net owner, Alfred Donovan, in respect of Shell related domain names:-
www.royaldutchshellplc.com
www.royaldutchshellgroup.com
www.tellshell.org
A three person panel was appointed via the Geneva based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with a remit to decide the case by 28th July 2005. In accordance with the WIPO rules, the parties were then to be notified within 3 calendar days of 28 July. When this did not happen, it was evidence that something unusual was afoot.
Emails from Alfred Donovan to the WIPO in the days after the verdict notification deadline were ignored. He eventually received an email from the WIPO several days after the notification deadline had passed. It indicated that the panel had invoked a rule declaring that it was an “exceptional case” and on that basis, the new deadline for the panel to give their verdict to the WIPO is today, 10 August 2005. Hence the above comment that the verdict is imminent i.e. within three calendar days.
Commonsense suggests that the “exceptional case” designation means that it has not been an open and shut case and could therefore go either way, possibly on a split decision.
This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
