According to Allthingsd.com, A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees against a Chinese cybersquatter Qian Jin, over 100 domain names including pinterests.com, pimterest.com and pinterost.com.
The judge found the infringement to be “willful and serial,” noting, “There is no indication of good faith mistake or excusable neglect justifying defendant’s failure to respond or otherwise defend against plaintiff’s allegations.”
Pinterest.com also was awarded the domain names.
Here is the original complaint
Here are the domain names the Pinterest filed the lawsuit over.
pinterest.es
pinterest.de
pinterest.it
pinterest.tv
inteeslcom
pfnterest.com
piaterest.com
pierest.com
pilnterest.com
pineret.com
pinestter.com
pinfterest.com
Pingterest.com
pinherest.com
pinierest.com
pinlerest.com
pinserest.com
pint3rest.com
pint4rest.com
pintbrest.com
pintcrest.com
pintderest.com
pinte4est.com
pinteSest.com
pintebest.com
pinteet.com
pintefrest.com
pintegest.com
pinteiest.com
pinteirest.com
pintekest.com
.pinter4st.com
pintercst.com
pinterdest.com
pinterefst.com
pintereft.com
pinteregt.com
pintereht.com
pintereist.com
pintereit.com
pinterelt.com
pinterent.com
pinterept.com
pinteres5.com
pinteres6.com
pinteresct.com
pinteresd.com
pinteresft.com
pinteresgt.com
pinteresht.com
pinteresnt.com
pinterestf.com
pinterests.com
pinteresut.com
pinterets.com
pinterett.com
pinterexst.com
pinterezst.com
pinterfst.com
pinterhest.com
pinteriest.com
pinternest.com
pinternst.com
pinterost.com
pinterpst.com
pintert.com
pintertst.com
pinterust.com
pintesrest.com
pintferest.com
pintfrest.com
pintherest.com
pintierest.com
pintirest.com
pintrerst.com
pintrets.com
pintrset.com
pintserest.com
A sad day for free enterprise, competition and the entrepreneurial spirit. Once again, money begats money and the doors will remain firmly shut for outsiders…
It is pathetic if a company like Pinterest is so insecure about their own business that they need to do this.
So true I too have some such domains which i generated using http://techxt.com/domain-finder/. I think its time to get rid of these domains
Well, there’s the argument that if they allow this to occur, they set a precedent to allow it to happen even more in the future. This action shows that they are concerned about this and have gone to the trouble of showing that concern. Extremely doubtful they’ll see any money though… especially since the registrant is in China. The judgement is simply symbolic.
“A sad day for free enterprise, competition and the entrepreneurial spirit.”
Are you kidding me.
These are infringing domains and the domainer was guilty and got what he got. When you use Trademarks that you don’t own to make a profit, be prepared for the fallout.
So for all you fools with company trademarked names as part of your domains, you too will go down one day. You are the same as a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker. Just on the other end.
That guy and Dom Nic are the people that give our industry a bad name. Idiots trying to make money off of somebody’s hard work. Like Rick said. Stealing is stealing, whether it’s a RDNH or typo of a trademark, it’s trying to take something or make money off something that isn’t yours.
They’ve missed pintere.st then as well.
@Rick et al: do you think it is infringing or not?
I have no sympathy for the Domainer whatsoever.
I am currently into the very final stages of the development for a unique video App for pinup.com that has cost an arm and a leg notwithstanding the time it is taken.
I would be doing exactly what pinterest.com did if this happened to our new social media development for Pinup