It appears that the long battle between Harrah’s and former Binion’s employee Federico Schiavio may have finally ended.  At last check the WSOP.com domain points to the official World Series of Poker website rather than the World Standard of Online Poker which Schiavio ran.

The battle which dates back to 2004 began when Harrah’s purchased the Binion’s Horseshoe Hotel & Casino which included the rights to the World Series of Poker.  Schiavio claimed that Binion’s had given him the right to use the WSOP.com domain in 2003 and that the Harrah’s purchase did not include the WSOP.com domain or any rights to the WSOP trademark. 

Lawsuits were filed, both sides threw around accusations, but it appears in the end that Harrah’s has won out.  A WHOIS search for the WSOP domain returns the following information:

Registrant:
Harrah”s License Company, LLC
   One Harrahs Court
   Las Vegas, NV 89119
   US

   Domain Name: WSOP.COM

   Administrative Contact:
      Harrah”s License Company, LLC             harrahsdomains@harrahs.com
      One Harrahs Court
      Las Vegas, NV 89119
      US
      (901) 537-3785 fax: 999 999 9999

   Technical Contact:
      Network Solutions, LLC.           customerservice@networksolutions.com
      13861 Sunrise Valley Drive
      Herndon, VA 20171
      US
      1-888-642-9675 fax: 571-434-4620

   Record expires on 07-May-2015.
   Record created on 04-May-2008.
   Database last updated on 3-Jul-2008 09:18:37 EDT.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS69.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.190.35
   NS70.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.144.35