ICANN Board gives approval to contract the .web top level domain. The ICANN Board of Directors has determined that an agreement between Nu Dot Co and Verisign for the .web top level domain name did not violate the new TLD application terms. The ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Court dismisses case against GoDaddy over 968.com domain
· Policy & LawJudge dismisses case against GoDaddy for locking domain name. U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit filed against GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) over the domain name 968.com. In the lawsuit, Yuming Hao stated that she acquired ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Automattic defends .blog premium model
· Policy & LawThe registry itself was named in a cybersquatting case. Automattic, which operates the .blog top level domain through its company Knock Knock Whois There (KKWT), has successfully defended a .blog domain in an interesting cybersquatting ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Supplements company tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & Law"...there was essentially no evidence in support of the necessary facts," the panel wrote. Attorney John Berryhill has his second reverse domain name hijacking win of the week. Earlier this week, he got an RDNH for his client in the GoToHale.com ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Owner of vgw .co tries to reverse hijack matching .com
· Policy & LawDomain owner registered the domain many years before Complainant existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled (pdf) that the online gambling company that uses vgw.co for its website tried to reverse domain name hijack ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Two lawyers file a UDRP and…
· Policy & LawIt's a reverse domain name hijacking case. Every once in a while, a law firm files a UDRP as a complainant. The results can be disastrous when the firm doesn't specialize in intellectual property. So I give some credit to Hale Law, P.A., in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TicketSms s.r.l. attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawThis case was dead on arrival. TicketSms s.r.l., an online ticketing company, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain names ticketsms.com and ticketsms.net. The complaint followed a common fact ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ENS asks court to transfer eth.link after DNS abuse complaint takes site down
· Policy & LawGroup wants to transfer domain away from registrar it's in litigation with. Ethereum Name Service (ENS), the entity behind blockchain-based .eth domain names, is asking a court (pdf) to allow it to transfer eth.link to a different registrar. ENS ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Rush Limbaugh’s estate sues former contractor, alleges cybersquatting and domain theft
· Policy & LawEstate claims former technology contractor is cybersquatting and infringing its marks. Rush H. Limbaugh III Estate has sued (pdf) The Rush Legacy, Inc., Smschaef, LLC, and the latter's principal Scott Schaefer. The estate alleges that the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
This UDRP was rejected for an interesting reason
· Policy & LawI bet the Complainant was surprised. The first hurdle for a company to win a UDRP filing is to show that the domain is identical or confusingly similar to the mark in question. Most panelists rubber stamp this requirement, even when it strains ... Continue Reading1 Comment
