A case of domain name envy? A company that does business at Curated.io has sued (pdf) Deal.com, which uses the domain Curated.com. It claims that the latter is infringing its trademarks and cybersquatting. Among its demands: that Curated.com be ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Facebook sues domain name registrar OnlineNic
· Policy & LawSocial media company alleges that the registrar, or people using its Whois privacy service, is cybersquatting. Facebook has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against domain name registrar OnlineNic and its Whois privacy service, Domain ID Shield, along with ... Continue Reading18 Comments
Amazon sues another alleged “get-rich-quick” scheme
· Policy & LawCompany says defendants are infringing its trademarks to promote courses and memberships. Earlier this week, I wrote about Amazon suing people and companies that it says are violating its trademarks to sell courses on how to make money selling on ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Celgene sues to get CellGene.com after trying to reverse hijack it first
· Policy & LawCompany hires new counsel after being found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. In February of this year, pharmaceutical company Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) was found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Uber (the ride hailing company) is causing a headache for Uber (the IT company)
· Policy & LawHealthcare IT company sues Uber for trademark infringement after being inundated with misdirected communication. A healthcare IT company in Florida called Uber Operations, LLC is suing ride hailing company Uber Technologies for trademark infringement ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Battle over vineyards named Wilson goes to court
· Policy & LawWinery files federal lawsuit after losing UDRP. A California company has filed a federal trademark and cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) after first failing to obtain the domain name WilsonVineyard.com through a UDRP. Wilson Vineyards, Inc filed a UDRP ... Continue Reading3 Comments
FlyPrivate.com owner sues FlyPrvt.com over missing vowels
· Policy & LawCompany alleges competitor is infringing its trademarks by using vowel-less version of its own name. One of strangest ways companies have tried to cope with the lack of cheap available domain names in the past decade is to drop vowels. A prime example ... Continue Reading5 Comments
HomeAway sues Airbnb over birdhouses
· Policy & LawAirbnb irks rival by launching birdhouse ad campaign. Publicly traded vacation rental site HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY) has sued upstart rival Airbnb for trademark infringement after the latter launched an ad campaign featuring birdhouses. HomeAway's ... Continue Reading4 Comments
OrderInn.com sues Google Ventures-backed Ordr.in over name
· Policy & LawCompany claims trademark infringement. Las Vegas company Order Inn, Inc., which uses the domain name OrderInn.com, has sued startup Ordr.in for trademark infringement. Order Inn is a food service provider that connects hotels without their own room ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Entrepreneur Media continues to sue entrepreneurs who use the word entrepreneur
· Policy & LawGot 'entrepreneur' in your name? If you publish information to help entrepreneurs, you might be sued. Entrepreneur Media (EMI), the company that publishes Entrepreneur magazine, continues to file lawsuits against people that use the term entrepreneur ... Continue Reading54 Comments