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Court Rules in BME.com Cybersquatting Case, Could Affect Domain Owners

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

BME.com case ruling could affect domain owners. A United States District Court ruling in a case between Gregory Ricks and BMEZine over the domain name BME.com has some interesting implications for domain name owners. (For background on the case, see Ricks Files Lawsuit to Retain Control of BME.com) Without getting into all the details of [...]

18 Comments » - Posted in Policy & Law by Andrew Allemann


Microsoft Gets Patent for “Cybersquatter Patrol”

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Company granted patent for typosquatting and cybersquatting tools. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted Microsoft U.S. patent number 7,756,987 (pdf) for “Cybersquatter Patrol”. The patent is for a system of generating lists of typo and cybersquatted domains and peeling back the onion to determine their ownership and revenue source. It also refers to [...]

4 Comments » - Posted in Policy & Law by Andrew Allemann


UDRP Watch: Buzz Aldrin, Manny Ramirez, and Brazilian Finance Follies

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Celebrities, parking woes, big companies, and more. Here are a few recent UDRP filings and decisions of note. BuzzAldrin.net – Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin has picked up the domain name BuzzAldrin.net. He already owns BuzzAldrin.com, which he uses to promote his media products and iPhone and iPad apps. MyBT.com – This UDRP was just filed [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Policy & Law by Andrew Allemann


7,000 WhyPark Domain Apps Installed in Just 2 Days

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Domain Apps off to strong start. Just two days after WhyPark released its new Domain Apps, customers have installed 7,000 apps on their WhyPark domain names, WhyPark founder Craig Rowe told me this morning. That’s a strong start, but Rowe is working on ways to make it even easier to add the content-rich, interactive apps [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Domain Parking by Andrew Allemann


Charter Communications Loses Claim for “Charter Business”

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Company loses fight for domain name. Cable and communications giant Charter Communications has lost a dispute over the domain name CharterBusiness.com. The company claimed rights to the domain name based on a number of trademarks that were filed or first used in business after the domain name was registered, and that the parked page at [...]

3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Andrew Allemann

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