Comments on: University of Texas Goes After Domain Name

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:09:00 +0000

@LGodman – you’d lose Microsoft.biz. Times.biz depends on how it’s being used.

By: LGodman

LGodman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:46:19 +0000

what will happen if any body hold the domains like times.biz, microsoft.biz????.

By: Domain Name Wire » News » UniversityofTexas.com Handed Over to University - The Domain Industry's News Source

Thu, 29 May 2008 14:42:23 +0000

[...] Last month I wrote about a UDRP arbitration request by The University of Texas, which was seeking to get the domain name UniversityofTexas.com. After The University of [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Baylor Bears Go Hunting for Baylor.com - The Domain Industry's News Source

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:11:21 +0000

[...] Most of Baylor’s UDRP filings are clear-cut cases, but this one may be more challenging. Baylor.com is parked at SmartName with a generic looking lander that doesn’t appear to have anything to do with college or students. It contains one related search term for “Baylor”. A historical whois record shows that the domain used to be owned by “The Baylor Company” in Sugarland, Texas before Graves bought it. Baylor is also a county in Texas and a common last name. Based on this information, it doesn’t appear that there’s much likelihood for confusion and this is a generic domain…certainly different than the recent UniversityofTexas.com case. [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:48:22 +0000

Registering outside of the U.S. may save you from a cybersquatting lawsuit, but doesn’t let you out of UDRP.

My guess is University of Texas wins this one.

By: Insurance | Daren Singh

Insurance | Daren Singh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:08 +0000

I have seen many public companies not end up with the domain they wanted because domain names seem to fall under a different catagory as far as trademark/copyright goes in the legal world. This may also include universities. Maybe since they were trying for “UniversityofTexas.com” instead of “.edu”. If that company had the “.edu” version they would probably have to give it up.

Where is the Isle of Man.? If it is the one near the UK they probably registered over there (outside the US) to prevent or hinder legal battles.

By: L.Godman

L.Godman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:17:18 +0000

University of Texas is the sole property of Texas university as the name itself implies if the person who holds the domain at present has no actual university with the same name in his hold.Otherwise he has to start a virtual university with the name and start issuing certificates using the loopholes of laws at his country.