Janet Cho and Christel Harlacher from the firm of Williams Mullen published a piece on Trademark rights that's worth giving a once over and bookmarking. Especially for those new to domaining who sometimes have the wrong impression of trademark rights. The post titled: Ten Trademark Myths and How They Can Hurt Your Business clears up some misconceptions that those without a background in … [Read more...]
All things UDRP – an interview with Gerald M. Levine
Gerald M. Levine is the author of a critically acclaimed treatise on trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, and the creator of a widely read Blog on domain name disputes and cybersquatting arbitrated under the UDRP and URS implemented by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and analyzing the jurisprudence that has developed in that area of the … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Files UDRP To Protect His “Domain King” Mark & There’s More To Come
Rick Schwartz who has been known in the domain community as the "Domain King" has filed an administrative action to gain control of the domain name DomainKing.ng. .Ng is the country code (ccTLD) for Nigeria. Rick not only is commonly known as the Domain King inside the domain community, but has a federally registered trademark on the term "Domain King" in the United States since 2003 (which … [Read more...]
Publicly Traded Co. Registers 44 Domains Calling Donald Trump a Bully Among Other Things
Symform, Inc. which was acquired by Quantum Corporation for $500,000 in 2014, registered 44 domain names at corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor according to whois records yesterday, all relating to US presidential candidate Donald Trump in less than a flattering fashion. Quantum Corporation is a publicly traded company on NYSE: QTM Qauntum has a market cap of $207 Million. Both … [Read more...]
Brand Blunders: Domino’s Files UDRP To Get The Domain Dominos.Pizza: Wynn On Wynn.Vegas
Domino's pizza has filed a UDRP to gain control of the new gTLD domain name Dominos .Pizza. For me its another huge brand failure to protect a brand, on a bang on new gTLD domain. Last week we saw what happened when Bloomberg allowed a third party to register Bloomberg.Market by failing to register the domain name in Sunrise which led to a huge swing in the price of Twitter when a story on … [Read more...]