Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced legislation today to protect users of social networking sites from having to divulge personal information to employers, schools and universities. The legislation protects people already employed or enrolled, and those seeking employment or admittance, or those facing disciplinary action. “Social media sites have become … [Read more...]
In A Case That Looks A Lot Like Saveme.com; UDRP Denied On RentFaster.com
In a case that bears some resemblance to the Saveme.com UDRP, a one member panel just denied the claim of a trademark holder for the generic domain name RentFaster.com In this case like Saveme.com a domain holder registration predated the trademark holders registration and that simply carried the day for the one member panel. Here are some quick facts and findings: The domain holder … [Read more...]
In A Case That Can Change The PPC Industry, A Federal Appeals Court Allows Rosetta Stone’s TM Case Against Google To Move Forward
In what might be a ground breaking case that could shake up the entire PPC industry, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Monday reversed a lower court's ruling allowing Rosetta Stone's trademark infringement suit against Google to continue. Rosetta Stone filed suit in 2009 accusing Google of committing trademark infringement by selling ads under keywords of Rosetta Stone Trademarks to … [Read more...]
Fox News: WIPO (Largest UDRP Provider) Violates U.N. Ban & Sends Sophisticated Computers To North Korea
According to Fox News, WIPO "shipped sophisticated computer servers to the government of North Korea, despite ongoing U.N. sanctions against the regime for its efforts to build nuclear weapons." WIPO is the number one provider of UDRP arbitration services handling more cases than any other provider in the world. Despite that WIPO is an agency of the U.N. empowered to deal with Intellectual … [Read more...]
UDRP filed Against The Geo Domain Name Norcross.com, Owned By Marchex
According to UDRPSearch.com a UDRP has been filed against the owners of the domain name Norcross.com Norcross is a city in Georgia whose official site is Norcrossga.net Norcross.com is a parked page and returns results for mostly hotels and other travel links in Georgia which shouldn't be a problem. Norcross.com is owned by Marchex (Nasdaq: MCHX) The UDRP was filed on March 30, 2011 … [Read more...]
If You Use Facebook You Agree That They Own A Trademark To The Terms Face, Book and Wall
Anytime you use Facebook you agree to follow its User Agreement. As Wired.com pointed out in Facebook's newly revised version of its “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,” users agree that Facebook has common law trademark rights over the term ""book" and agree not to use any "confusingly similar marks, without our written permission" Under the current Statement of Rights and … [Read more...]
We Beat Back Sony’s Attempt to Register A Trademark On A Domain We Own; Move.me
We just took on one of the biggest company's in the world and won. We acquired the domain name Move.me, in a auction by the .me registry on Sedo.com in November 2010. Sony launched it product fits called Move.me, for its PlayStation 3 in January 2011 Sony filed for a trademark on term Move.me in February 2011. We hired Erika L. Hengst, Esq, the wife of domain developer Sean Sullivan, … [Read more...]