Last week we wrote about a new product called the Serial Cybersquatter Detector (SCD) Network powered by DomainTools® and being run and marketed by Maccabim.com. As we expressed in the original post we had some issues a company using an automated system to to identify "Serial Cybersquatters" so we reached out to Jonathan Matkowsky, the Founder & CEO of Maccabim.com Ltd. who was nice enough … [Read more...]
Trademark Hysteria On New gTLD’s Unfounded? 725K Domains/ 53 URS/17 UDRP
Since the new gTLD's launched there are approximately 725,000 new gTLD registrations. By my count, URS have been filed against 53 domain names and UDRP's have been filed against 17 domain names (counts by domain names not cases) So basically 70 domain names out of 725,000 or a 1,000th of 1% of all new gTLD domain names registered have been hit with a URS or UDRP. It should be pointed out … [Read more...]
Maccabim.com Partners With DomainTools To “Identify Serial Cybersquatters”
According to a press release out today, Maccabim.com, a "researcher and developer of cybercrime solutions to protect brands and IP assets, today announced the launch of its Serial Cybersquatter Detector (SCD) Network powered by DomainTools® The SCD Network "instantaneously identifies both the serial cybersquatters exploiting its members' trademarks, as well as the opportunities to either … [Read more...]
Meet The 1st New gTLD Serial Cybersquatter, As Farris Nawas of Austin Loses His 3rd URS
The National Arbitration Forum has suspended the domain name registration for SPANX.clothing after an examiner in a Uniform Rapid Suspension proceeding (URS) found the registrant, Farris Nawas of Austin Texas infringed on the trademark of Spandex. Since the only business line Spandex is involved in is clothing, it is the no-brainer type of registration that the URS was designed for. This … [Read more...]
25 Plaintiffs Filed Federal Suit Over 231 Domains; 26 of Which Are No Longer Registered
A federal lawsuit was filed last week in the New Jersey District Court for trademark infringement against the owners of 231 domain names some of which are pretty generic and 26 of which are no longer registered. Besides the 26 that are no longer registered, 16 domain names named as defendants in the lawsuit are in redemption period and are lightly to be deleted as well. Meaning that about … [Read more...]
HugeDomains.com Takes UDRP Loss On AustinPain.com to Federal Court: We Say Good Get Em
HugeDomains.com, LLC, just filed a lawsuit against ROBERT P. WILLS, MD. PA, a Texas Professional Association d/b/a AUSTIN PAIN ASSOCIATES for a declaratory judgement arising out of the UDRP decision against it on the domain name AustinPain.com. At the time we called the UDRP decision a bad one. While is you can not formally "appeal" a UDRP, if a domain name is ordered to be transferred by a … [Read more...]
More Trademark Clearing House Abuse: Texas & Venture Triggers Notice
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Trademark holders of generic terms applying to the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) where trademarks on many of which were causing some of those 500,000 "warnings" to go out to people trying to register a new gTLD domain name. Today we bring you the world famous trademarks for the term "Texas" and "Venture" ""1. TEXAS Jurisdiction: United States of … [Read more...]