I’ve been following the tussle between social bookmarking site sk*rt and print mag skirt.com. Apparently skirt.com lost the battle in court, but won the war as sk-rt.com has changed to kirtsy.com. Overall, its probably a blessing in disguise. The whole sk*rt brand and sk-rt.com URL bugged the brand-nerd in me.
You can read a funny take on the story at The Bloggess (a hilariously, smart blog)