Last night Calvin Ayre broke the news that the domain name Bodog.com had been seized by the federal government. Today the Feds broke the news to Mr. Ayre that he has been indicted along with three others described by the Feds as the "owners or operators of the site, Calvin Ayre, James Philip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney." Ayre is accused of operating an illegal gambling business … [Read more...]
Here’s A UDRP That Will Drive The TM Crowd Nuts MariahRadio.com
In A UDRP issued today a one member panel denied the complaint of a trademark holder on the domain name MariahRadio.com While we often write about questionable to outright awful UDRP decisions where domain names are taken away from the holders this one might drive the trademark crowd crazy. The complainant had a TM on the exact term "Mariah Radio" The Domain name was going to a parked … [Read more...]
Google Loses UDRP On Youtube.com.pe
In a UDRP decision just handed down Google lost its case to acquire the domain name youtube.com.pe .Pe is the ccTLD (country code) for Peru. The domain holder was a company known as "googel ltd. which is located at Two Stooges LLC, China." (The original decision was written in Spanish and we used Google translate to translate the decision to English) Basically the panel held that the … [Read more...]
Mississippi House Proposes Bill To Legalize Gambling & To Seize Domains
The MISSISSIPPI House Legislature just proposed a bill that would legalize gambling and as part of the bill give the state the power to seize domain names. The Bill entitled the "MISSISSIPPI LAWFUL INTERNET GAMING ACT" The Bill would allow all sorts of legalized Internet gambling would subject to heavy licensing, regulation, and taxation and would establish a commission to oversee the … [Read more...]
Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses The Domain Name LifetimeAssistance.com in UDRP
Mike Mann's company, Domain Asset Holdings, LLC of Potomac, Maryland, USA. just lost the domain name Lifetimeassistance.com in a one person UDRP panel decision. The domain name at issue was owned by the complainant and dropped. Domain Asset Holdings picked to domain name off the drop on the same day Here are the facts and findings of the panel "Complainant’s prior registration of the … [Read more...]
FCM.com “A Domain Acquired In A Phising Scam” Taken In A UDRP
In a one panel decision issued today a the domain name FCM.com was handed over to the previous owner of the domain name. Its an interesting decision because other panels have refused to allow the UDRP system to recover domain names that were allegedly stolen. In this case its not even clear that the complainant had a trademark on the term FCM. Here are the relevant facts and … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Paul Keating ON “ABUSIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FILINGS” The UDRP Case Of AutoOwnersInsurance.com
This Guest Post was written by Paul Raynor Keating, Esq.[1] one of the preeminent attorney’s practicing in the domain industry. Paul has handled many UDRP’s and had some thoughts about a recent UDRP involving the domain name autoownersinsurance.com. Paul's post appears unedited: ""The recent decision in autoownersinsurance.com is a perfect example of things going from worse to horrible. … [Read more...]