Comments on: Bloomberg Loses Domain Name Dispute

By: M. Menius

M. Menius — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:39:26 +0000

@Andrew – “I suspect that Bloomberg didnâ€™t realize the owner of the firm used to have the last name Bloomberg”

If the domain name in question had been ‘BloombergFinance’ or ‘BloombergMedia’, then their action would have been understandable, imo.

But unrelated industries (or “Business classifications”) are, and should be, exempt from threats. Ex. Bloomberg’s Restaurant, Bloomberg Office Supply, Bloomberg Oil, etc.

It’s this over-reaching that’s so abusive to legitmate registrants. And seems to have been the case with the lady’s real estate company.

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By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:40:31 +0000

I suspect that Bloomberg didn’t realize the owner of the firm used to have the last name Bloomberg. But once it filed the case and learned that, it could have withdrawn it.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:32:11 +0000

@ Domain Investor – 4:38 on a Friday and I’m rushing to write it? Huh, that’s strange

Thanks for noticing; I added the link. If you read the decision, you’ll be utterly confused about what each side is arguing. It seems like the panelist cut and pasted from a previous decision or something.

By: Mike Maddaloni - @thehotiron

Mike Maddaloni - @thehotiron — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:58:36 +0000

If you look at bloombergrealty.com and read the owner’s bio, interestingly one of her son’s names is Michael.

mp/m

By: M. Menius

M. Menius — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:37:26 +0000

This case is comical in the degree of ignorance shown by Bloomberg Finance. But all jokes aside, they’re action was more like thievery than protecting their brand. Reminds me of the Spike Lee case in which he tried to stop SpikeTV from using the world “Spike”.

By: jorge

jorge — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:32:33 +0000

>> failed on all three elements

0 out of 3 ain’t bad. haha