Manifold Finance claims it isn't subject to jurisdiction in Arizona. Manifold Finance, Inc. has filed a motion (pdf) in a dispute over its purchase of eth.link for $852,000. It's asking the court to dismiss it from the lawsuit and vacate a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
You can’t phone in a UDRP even if it’s a slam dunk
· Policy & LawThis should have been an easy case to win. Every once in a while, I come across a cybersquatting case that seems like a slam dunk for the complainant, but the case is denied. Often, this is because the complainant submitted a poor filing. Sometimes ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Unstoppable Domains kills .coin in the name of .wallet
· Policy & LawBlockchain domain seller disables .coin domains to bolster its argument that first to market has exclusive rights. Blockchain domain seller Unstoppable Domains has killed its .coin top level domain name after discovering a name collision. And although ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Samba TV tries to reverse hijack domain name
· Policy & LawTV analytics company went after a domain registered well before it existed. Earlier today, I wrote about the hummingbird.com UDRP and stated that I was surprised the panelist didn't consider reverse domain name hijacking. National Arbitration ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Hummingbird.com UDRP (unsurprisingly) denied
· Policy & LawThis case was dead on arrival. Hummingbird RegTech, Inc. has failed to get the domain name hummingbird.com through a cybersquatting claim. The case was dead on arrival, and I'm a bit surprised that the panelist didn't consider reverse domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WIPO panel finds Spanish entrepreneur magazine tried reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanel admonishes publisher for cybersquatting complaint. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Revista Emprendedores S.L. engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company publishes a Spanish-language magazine ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
UDRP doesn’t settle trademark disputes
· Policy & LawTake your trademark disputes to court, not UDRP. Here's a reminder to lawyers thinking about filing a cybersquatting case: UDRP is not a place to settle trademark disputes. That's essentially what a dispute over SmartPrivacy.com is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets another name spinning patent
· Policy & LawThe domain registry patented an improved way to select prefixes and suffixes for domain suggestions. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,468,336 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Systems, devices, and methods for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Elon Musk’s SpaceX loses Starlink domain battle with Mexican company
· Policy & LawSpaceX's cybersquatting challenge fails. SpaceX has lost a cybersquatting challenge against a company in Mexico that registered the domain name starlinkmx.com. StarGroup is a company that offers telecommunications and entertainment services in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Namecheap is behind legal pushback against Unstoppable Domains
· Policy & LawCompany's Namebase business is funding legal challenge. NameBase, a Handshake domain platform owned by domain registrar Namecheap, is funding a legal challenge to Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains sued Gateway Registry, a rival to ... Continue Reading10 Comments
