The Complainants Columbia Insurance Company of Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America; and H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America, just won a UDRP on the domain name carolinaboots.com. The trademark holder didn't own a trademark on the term "carolina boots" but owned a trademark on the term CAROLINA which covered shoes and boots. The trademark … [Read more...]
ICANN Publishes “Thought Paper” On Domain Seizures Without Discussing Protecting Rights
ICANN just issued a "thought paper"" entitled "Guidance for Preparing Domain Name Orders, Seizures & Takedowns" According to ICANN this “thought paper” offers guidance for anyone who prepares an order that seeks to seize or take down domain names. " However having read through the paper, what I don't see discussed is the legal rights of registrants and protections they should be given … [Read more...]
ICANN Files Memorandum In Support Of Dismissing Suit Over .Web
ICANN filed this memorandum in support (pdf) of its motion to dismiss over lawsuit that IMAGE ONLINE DESIGN, INC a previously applicant for .Web filed against ICANN last year. Here are the highlights of the ICANN filing: In 2000, IOD executed a release in favor of ICANN so that ICANN would consider IOD’s application to operate a .WEB TLD. IOD knew that ICANN might decline to award … [Read more...]
Another UDRP “Win”: TM Holder Failed To Register The Domain Of It New Product: xboxfitness.com
A couple of days ago we wrote about several UDRP decisions all involving famous trademarks and or common typo's of them and I blamed the trademark holder for the problem. Today comes another UDRP decision that points out what I was talking about. This case involved the domain names xboxfitness.com and xboxfitness.net Here is part of the opinion of the one member panel that awarded the … [Read more...]
UDRP: Texaco Gets Control Of Texaco.net; Google Gets GoogleMap.com
Quite a few UDRP rulings out this morning in favor of large public companies and some huge brands. The better question to ask is how did these domain not get registered by the companies in the first place and how secondly what took the companies so long to go after them Texaco won its UDRP on the bang on domain Texaco.net. Texaco.net has a most recent original registration date of 2008 … [Read more...]
1st .XXX Domain Sale Of The Year Turns Out To Defensive As Well: Loft.com Buys Loft.XXX
Yesterday we wrote about what looks to be the 1st .XXX domain sale of the year, coming across Sedo.com sales wire at very respectable $17,000 Yesterday when we wrote about the sale the whois was showing the domain still being in escrow at Sedo.com but today the new owners information is showing and once again a .XXX sale looks like a defensive purchase The domain was bought by Annco Inc … [Read more...]
House Representative Drafting Bill To Stop ICE Domain Seizures Without Notice or Hearing
According to jdsupra.com, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), is drafting legislation that would seek to increase judicial oversight ICE's ability to seize domain names. To date the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized 1,630 domain names, of which 684 have been forfeited to the government. According to the article "Lofgren’s bill … [Read more...]