Verizon Wins $33 Million Judgement Against Registrar OnlineNic
According to Businesss Week and other sources, Verizon has won a legal battle against registrar OnlineNic in a default judgement. The decision awarded Verizon $50,000 per domain name (663 in total)....
View ArticleReverse User Name Hijackings Next?
Days after our post that social media user names are becoming more like domain names, an issue over a Twitter user name has piqued the interest of an internet heavy-weight. According to a seesmic post...
View ArticleExpanding Interpretation of UDRP Helps German Bank Win ‘Domain Lottery’
Despite being clearly limited in scope, the purpose of the UDRP continues to be ignored by experienced panelists. The result is an ever-expanding environment for domain disputes that exists completely...
View ArticleDomain Names as Property Subject to Creditor Claims – Bosh v. Zavala
The following is a guest post by Venkat Balasubramani – Venkat is a co-founder of Focal PLLC, a law firm focused on internet and technology issues. He blogs at Spam Notes and Professor Eric Goldman’s...
View ArticlePCWorld Recommends to Block Information.com
IDG’s PCWorld just published an article by Jared Newman about 15 Internet Annoyances and how to fix them. Of course the author thinks that parked domains are one of them, even if they may actually get...
View ArticleJohn Zuccarini vs Office Depot, Collecting On An Old Judgment
John Zuccarini is back in the news fighting against the collection of a judgment by DS Holdings . DSH has been assigned a judgment by Office Depot from 2000 and is seeking to collect by seizing domain...
View ArticleGroupon Addresses Australian Cybersquatting Problem
Groupon has addressed a question in their blog titled Why Groupon Isn’t in Australia. The short answer is a cybersquatter / competitor has registered Groupon.com.au and the Groupon Pty Ltd business...
View ArticleNational Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name...
While WIPO recently reported somewhat misleading that “Cybersquatting hit(s) record level“, the National Arbitration Forum reported their numbers today. They also report a higher amount of filed cases...
View Article3M Sues Registrars, Webhosts and DNS Hosts for Cybersquatting over Gambling...
3M has filed a broad lawsuit naming a larger number of registrars, webhosts and dns hosts for cybersquatting and infringing on the company’s brands. The lawsuit is also filed against some individual...
View ArticleFaceBook files TypoSquatter Lawsuit Based on Domains
Apparently Facebook has not only continued their practice of filing disputes for domains names it saw infringing on its trademarks but now also has changed gears and filed a suit on July 22nd against...
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