Company expected to gross $1.5 million per year from website but now only makes hundreds. Michael Gleissner is keeping his lawyers busy. I've written about Gleissner many times due to his questionable trademark and other activities. This time one ... Continue Reading7 Comments
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Bigfoot wants to hire an “aggressive” litigator
· Policy & LawCompany posts job description for a California-licensed litigator with IP experience. I wrote earlier today about one of Michael Gleissner's firms backing down from its challenge to a trademark application filed by Expensify. Expensify alleged in its ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Bigfoot IP Manager makes a two-step change to LinkedIn Profile
· Policy & Law"Manipulation" and "achieve UDRP reverse domain name hijacking" removed from profile. Marco Notarnicola is an Intellectual Property/trademarks manager for Bigfoot Entertainment, a company that is coming under fire for questionable trademark activity. ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Does this LinkedIn profile kill Bigfoot’s future UDRP chances?
· Policy & LawAttorney says his role includes "manipulation of TMs and common law marks to achieve UDRP “reverse domain name hijacking”. Last week I wrote about Bigfoot Entertainment and companies affiliated with its owner. Today I came across one of Bigfoot ... Continue Reading24 Comments
Attorney warns about spoof TMVIEW search site
· Policy & LawSite could be tracking trademark searches. Attorney John Berryhill is warning people about a website that he says is spoofing the popular TMview trademark search database. It appears that a business tied to Michael Gleissner is running the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Gleissner’s UDRP filings just an R&D project?
· Policy & LawWell, that would be an abuse of UDRP. World Trademark Review talked with an unnamed source "related to one of [Michael] Gleissner's businesses" about what the heck he's up to with his trademark filings, UDRPs and more. The anonymous source told ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Michael Gleissner ordered to pay Apple £38,085 in trademark dispute
· Policy & LawUK IPO determined revocation proceedings were initiated for ulterior purpose. Michael Gleissner, whose companies have filed a number of questionable trademarks, has been ordered by UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to pay Apple £38,085 as a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
#8 in 2016: A New Trademark King?
· Policy & LawTrying to trademark domain names you don't even own? That's enough to land on the top 10 stories for 2016. In 2014, I wrote about a hapless trademark applicant who spent about $50,000 in fees trying to trademark everything from Apple.com to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Expensify names AI “Concierge” and Gleissner firm is battling it over the trademark
· Policy & LawEBB Development Limited happened to file for a Pakistani trademark for concierge on the same day Expensify filed an application in the U.S. Hmm. Business expense report company Expensify has named its artificial intelligence system Concierge. ... Continue Reading7 Comments
August’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
· UncategorizedHere's what happened in the domain name business last month. Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, has passed. I'm thrilled. Not only is summer at times unbearable in Austin, but people take a break from the web in the summer, too. The mobile web ... Continue Reading1 Comment