According to Reuters Venezuela is the latest country that plans regulate the Internet. A bill presented to parliament on Thursday will place limits on content in "electronic media" according to the time of day, with adult content reserved for programing after midnight. The Reuters story does not say what time of day the Adult blocking would be turned back on and its quite unclear how the … [Read more...]
RightHaven Sues To Gets The DrudgeReport.com Domain Name
According to Wired.com, the company RightHaven LLC which goes after blogs and publications for "unauthorized" use of copyrighted material has now filed suit against the DrudgeReport.com and seeks as part of the suit, the domain name. If you want to read more about RightHaven checkout Elliotsblog.com article on the company. Righthaven file suit on Wednesday on behalf of MediaNews, and … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Denies Trademark Holder a Domain That Hadn’t Been Used in 6 years: WebVision.com
A one member panel decision denied the complaint of the trademark holder on the domain name webvision.com What makes the case interesting is that the domain appearently been inactive since 2004 until after this complaint was filed and that the domain name holder did not even file a response. The Complainant was Webvisions Pte Ltd. of Singapore which hold multiple trademark in several … [Read more...]
WIPO: Xpand.com: Offering The Domain For Sale To The Highest Bidder is A Bona Fide Offering Of Goods/Services”
In a WIPO case decided today on the domain name, xpand.com, a three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holder despite a trademark, the domain being parked and the domain holder turning down a $10K offer demanding "something in the six figures" Although the complainant had a trademark so did several other companies, which added to the panel's finding that the term Xpand was … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Denies Relief To Previous Owner Of Prince.com Who Alleged Theft Of His Domain
Back In October we told you that the former owner of the domain name Prince.com filed a UDRP, seeking return of the domain which he claimed was stolen and resold. Today a three member panel decision denied the claim saying simply that the UDRP was not designed to handle a claim of alleged theft: """The contentions of the Parties indicate that this is not a case to be decided under the … [Read more...]
WikiLeaks Isn’t Down, They Have Just Moved
Elliotsblog.com is reporting this morning that WikiLeaks.org and .com are both down. Godaddy.com has appeared to bow to public objection to them benefiting from the typo traffic to the .com. However the real site, WikiLeaks isn't down, its just moved. In the latest round of domain name gamesmanship Wikileaks.org has now moved to a ccTLD and is back up on WikiLeaks.ch. .Ch is the … [Read more...]
More Fallout From Domain Seizures: Huge Torrent Site Demonoid.com Preemptively Changes To a .Me To Avoid Seizure
A huge torrent site, Demonoid.com announced yesterday that it was preemptively moving itself from a .com address to a .me to prevent seizure by the US Government. .Me is a ccTLD whose registry is not under US jurisdiction. According to Alexa.org, Demonoid.com is in the top 500 of all sites in terms of traffic. Demonoid.com no longer resolves, Demonoid.me is already resolving We are in … [Read more...]