Buydomains.com, just beat back a UDRP on the domain name solanum.com Here are the relevant facts and finding from the three member panel: "The Complainant is a Mexican individual who founded a business named Solanum Laboratories in Mexico in 2003." "The Complainant is the owner of a variety of Mexican registered trademarks for the word mark SOLANUM, the earliest registered of which is … [Read more...]
Verizon Sues Parked.com & DirectNic For Cybersquatting on Over 600 Domain Names
According to a blog post on paidcontent.org, Verizon has filed suit against Parked.com, the ICANN accredited registrar Directnic and John Doe defendants for cybersquatting on more than 600 domain names. The 36 page federal suit was filed on January 27th in the Central District of California, including over 8 pages which just lists the domain names at issue. This is not the first time that … [Read more...]
Hate SOPA: Check Out The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); The US Has Already Signed It
Forbes.com just covered the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ) (ACTA) which is an Agreement or treaty if you will, which contains some provisions "which are similar to – and more expansive than – anything we saw in SOPA." The ACTA is being treated as by the US as an Executive Agreement rather than a treaty. A treaty would have to be approved by the Senate, while an Executive Agreement can … [Read more...]
ICM Responds To Manwin’s .XXX Suit With Motions To Dismiss
ICM filed its repose to the lawsuit filed by Manwin Licensing International, S.a.r.l. (“Manwin”) and Digital Playground, Inc. (“DP”), which was recently acquired by Manwin, asking the Court to throw out the case. Manwin operates various adult websites including YouPorn.com ICM asks the court to hold a hearing on its Motion to Dismiss on April 2nd. We have read through the 31 page memo in … [Read more...]
Senator Reid Postpones Tuesday Vote On PROTECT IP (PIPA)
In a statement just released by Nevada Senator Harry Reid he has postponed a Senate vote scheduled for next Tuesday on the PROTECT I.P. Act: “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act. “There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about this bill cannot be resolved. Counterfeiting and piracy cost the American economy … [Read more...]
Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com & Charge 7 People & Make Arrests In New Zealand
According to the Washingtonpost.com, "one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, while it founder and several company executives" were arrested in New Zealand charged with violating piracy laws. "The indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. " The Justice Department … [Read more...]
Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP on Phones4u.com
Marchex represented by John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq beat back a UDRP challage on the domain name phones4u.com. There were two Complainants Phones4U Limited and Mobileserv Limited of Staffordshire UK. Here are the relevant fact and findings by the three member panel: ""Each of the Complainants is an English company within the Phones4U group of companies ("Group"), trading in the UK under … [Read more...]