A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist sides with man who registered the domain in 1997. Donald Trump and his Mar-A-Lago club have failed to secure the domain name mar-a-lago .com through a cybersquatting complaint. Trump's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Private equity group drops lawsuit over “banks” typo
· Policy & LawDomain owner registered the domain well before the private equity company existed. A private equity group that focuses on consumer packaged goods has dropped its lawsuit against the owner of bansk.com. Bansk Group was formed in 2019. SiteTools ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Ouch: law firm goes 0 for 6 filing UDRP disputes
· Policy & LawThis law firm appears to have lost every UDRP case it has filed on behalf of Complainants. Its latest resulted in a reverse domain name hijacking decision. When is it time for a law firm to brush up on UDRP rules? How about when it goes to 0 for 6 ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Company seeks preliminary injunction against TRX.com domain name
· Policy & LawCompany thinks paying six figures for a three letter domain name is proof of bad intent. JFXD TRX ACQ LLC has asked a federal district court (pdf) in Arizona to issue a preliminary injunction to give it the domain name trx.com. The saga over the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
VPN.com drops lawsuit against domain investor
· Policy & LawDomain brokerage alleged that domain investor duped it out of $250,000. Domain name brokerage VPN.com has dismissed a lawsuit against George Dikian, the pseudonym of domain investor Eitan Zviely. VPN alleged that domain investors George Dikian ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Snap! Mobile attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanel didn't buy the Complainant's common law trademark argument. A UDRP panel has ruled that online fundraising platform Snap! Mobile attempted reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain SnapRaise.com, filed a UDRP ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TRX.com in rem attempt moved to Arizona
· Policy & LawJudge rules that case over valuable domain name should be moved from Virginia to Arizona. A bit of gamesmanship in a battle for TRX.com has failed. In November 2022, Fitness Anywhere LLC won a UDRP against the domain name in a controversial ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN terminates OpenTLD, famous for its connection to .TK domains
· Policy & LawThree strikes, and OpenTLD is out. ICANN has sent a notice of termination to OpenTLD, the domain name registrar associated with the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain registrations, most famously .tk, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Gambling company fails for THIRD time to get circus.com
· Policy & LawCourt rules in favor of circus.com owner. Online gambling company Circus Belgium SA has failed for a third time to get the domain name circus.com. First, it tried to obtain the valuable domain name through a UDRP in 2016. It failed and was found ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Ai, cybercriminals and domain pricing
· Policy & LawNetcraft published a report showing that criminals will use expensive domains for sophisticated schemes. Netcraft published an analysis of cybercrime in the .ai namespace today. .Ai is the country code for Anguilla and is popular because of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
