After being ordered to pay Apple money, he files two Apple-related trademark applications in the U.S.
I’ll say this about Michael Gleissner: he’s not afraid to pick fights with deep-pocketed companies.
Just days after being ordered to pay Apple £38,085 for filing trademark revocation proceedings with an ulterior purpose, firms that list Gleissner as Director filed trademark applications in the U.S. for both Apple and iPod.
Meanwhile, his attorneys are up to their usual trademarking activities.
On the same day as filing the Apple and iPod trademarks, they filed a trademark application for Clear.com. The domain name was owned by Wimax company Clearwire which was acquired by Sprint. Sprint still owns the domain name and forwards it to Sprint.com.
They also filed an application for Brandster.com, which appears to not be connected to Gleissner’s firms. I have reached out to the owner of Brandster.com to confirm.
What a game !.
His attorneys like Jonathan Grant Morton are the reason why most people believe all lawyers are complete sleazeballs who would file anything for a buck. They spent all the money on law school just to show they are people with zero ethics or morals.
I got a handover pack from these guys.
I bet they get gems just handed over to them without question.
The blow-back vs. getting domains for nil must be worth it (otherwise why do it).
I hear you but one would think that what they target is so highly desired/valued that not one will hand over anything. If they went after more lower to mid level names, sure I see your point. That may not be worth it though? Just all very odd, why people chose pain for gain.
They also go after SMBs
Surely there’s a big win here for some lawyer in a class-action lawsuit. Gleissner has deep pockets, doesn’t he? Maybe it’s time for some American-style lawsuits alleging $10 million worth of mental anguish over having to defend a domain name. If he ever came after 1 of mine, I’d cash in on him and retire.