It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names, all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven't see any official announcement of the seizures, nor the agency that sent the order out or the basis for the seizure However all 46 domain names are now on Shadowserver.org, a volunteer organization … [Read more...]
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they have a nightmare on their hands when it comes to domain names. Take Google. In June 2013 we found 977 .com/.net domain names were registered … [Read more...]
PokerStars Settes With Kentucky Over Domain Seizure Case By Paying $6 Million
PokerStars has agreed to pay just over $6 million to settle the claims of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the domain name seizure case. In September 2008 the Governor ordered the seizure of 141 domain names. The order went to the domain registrars instead of the Registry in which some registrars like Godaddy and Enom complied and others did not. An Appellate court overturned the Seizure … [Read more...]
Feds Seize 10 More Domain Names
Homeland Security seized 10 domain names today, however did not make any announcement yet about if it was part of an investigation. Many of the domain seemed to be registered back in June of last year and are coming up for renewal, and its uncertain whether the domains would have just dropped in a few days. By tomorrow all of these domains should have the familiar this domain has been … [Read more...]
German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringement of the rights of the state Berlin in the name under Sec. 12 of the German Civil Code. The domain name Berlin.com was registered on June 23rd, … [Read more...]
Getty Images Waits 12 Years Before Going After GettyImage.com; GM 9 Years For Corvette-Stingray.com
Its quite amazing to me when I see a bang on trademark infringing domain allowed to be owned and monetized by someone other than the trademark owner. I'm not talking about typos, misspells or terms that include the trademark but is a reach based on the business of the domain holder. I'm talking about a domain like GettyImage.com which is right up Getty's business which sells stock photos or … [Read more...]
IP Pro Chats UDRP’s With Attorney’s Muscovitch, Lewis, Neu, and Pearlman
ipprotheinternet.com, in its latest issue chats about UDRP shopping, inconsistent decisions which are bound to occur since none of the providers require uniformity and the coming URS. The article quotes a lot of familiar UDRP attorney's including Zak Muscovitch, Brett Lewis, Howard Neu, and Eli Pearlman, The article also quotes Kristine Dorrain, director of internet and IP services at NAF a … [Read more...]