So shortly after Amy Winehouse's death her father Mitch Winehouse announced that he would be setting up the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help young people struggling with addiction. However he failed to secure the domain name and guess what? amywinehousefoundation.com was registered on July 26th as was amywinehousefoundation.co.uk According to the BBC is was the same day that Amy's father … [Read more...]
National A-1 Takes Down Escort.com & Escorts.com
We haven't heard much since Federal and State law enforcement raided the offices of National A-1 in October 2010. At the time we noted that one of National A-1 sites, escorts.com might have been the subject of the probe and it now appears that both Escort.com and Escorts.com, both owned by National A1, are offline. Both Sites now return a white page with only these words appearing on … [Read more...]
Education Vertical May Take A Huge Hit As The US & 5 States Sue Education Management Corp For BILLIONS
The education vertical for domain names has been doing well for several years but may take a big hit as the United States along with 5 states and the District of Columbia, just filed a massive 122 page lawsuit against "one of the largest for-profit providers of post- secondary, higher education in the United States", according the complaint. The Defendants include "Education Management … [Read more...]
BJP.com A 14 Year Old Domain Is Taken in a UDRP Without A Registered Trademark
A one person panel just awarded a golden three letter domain to the complainant. The domain name BJP.com and it was awarded to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of New Delhi, India The complainant did not have a registered trademark on the domain name and the domain holder has held the domain since 1997. Here are the relevant facts: "The Complainant, Bharatiya Janata Party, is a leading … [Read more...]
Court Say Sig Solares Of Directnic WAS Served Properly On Verizon Suit: A Good Law Lesson For All Of Us
A Federal Court in Tampa just rejected the argument of Sig Solare that he was not served properly In the case that was filed by Verizon against Directnic and a several officers and directors including Sig. The case was filed by Verizon against Directnic, Sig, Michael Gardner and other parties in March 2010. Its an interesting case about what it takes to be considered SERVED in a federal … [Read more...]
Federal Court Rules Domain Seizures Do Not Violate Free Speech & Loss of Domain Is Not A Substantial Hardship
According to Torrentfreak.com, A U.S. federal court has ruled that the domain seizure of the sports streaming site Rojadirecta does not violate the First Amendment, and refused to hand the domain back to its Spanish owner. Rojadirecta.com was one of the domain names seized by ICE and the only one to appeal the seizures. Here is what TorrentFreak.com had to say about the case: Yesterday, … [Read more...]
Facebook Files Suit Against 25 Domain Holders & 119 John Doe’s
As ElliotsBlog.com reported earlier Facebook filed a massive cybersquatting suit against 25 named domain holders including corporations and individuals as well as 119 John Doe defendants whose identity is yet unknown to Facebook. In all about 126 domains with known owners and 119 domains with unknown owners. The lawsuit starts off quite ominously. The Defendants Are Typosquatters. "They … [Read more...]