A recent court case does little to settle the "re-registration" question. A Court of Appeals decision last month widened the gulf between different U.S. circuits on a critical question in finding bad faith under the Anticybersquatting Consumer ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TRX.com owner sues for reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawDomain owner halts transfer of domain with lawsuit. The owner of trx.com has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in the wake of an adverse UDRP decision. A National Arbitration Forum panelist awarded Fitness Anywhere LLC the domain name in a dispute decided ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Court finds reverse domain name hijacking in celluvation.com case
· Policy & LawJudge overturns WIPO decision. United States District Judge Tana Lin has ruled in favor of domain owner Stanley Pace in a domain name dispute. Pace owns about 60,000 domain names including celluvation.com. Jos Daniel filed a UDRP against Pace ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Pocketbook.com owner gets win against Pocketbook e-reader company
· Policy & LawJudge rules Pocketbook.com owner isn't committing trademark infringement or cybersquatting. A judge has handed a big victory to SiteTools, Inc., the company that owns the valuable Pocketbook.com domain name. Pocketbook International SA filed a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Man appeals after court orders Pru.com transferred
· Policy & LawThe former owner of Pru.com has appealed after a court determined that he was cybersquatting on Pru.com. A man in China has appealed a summary judgment ruling that forced him to transfer the domain Pru.com to the insurance and financial company ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Sue the right person
· Expired DomainsThis person sued the wrong entity to recover his domain name. It's a shame. In August 2019, I wrote about an unfortunate expired domain name case involving Scott Rigsby. Rigsby suffered a horrific car accident as a young man. He was dragged ... Continue Reading6 Comments
After losing UDRP, PureTalk sues to upgrade its domain name
· Policy & LawCompany tries to get PureTalk(.)com through ACPA. Pure Talk, a mobile virtual network operator, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to obtain the domain name PureTalk(.)com. The company uses the domain name PureTalkUSA.com. This is the company's ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Lotto Sport Italia and lotto company file dueling motions for summary judgment
· Policy & LawDid a lotto company buy domains for its business or to cyber squat? A battle over lotto-related domain names is about two-and-a-half years old, and it's entering a critical period. Lotto Sport Italia, the soccer apparel company, filed a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Valuable domain name Bespoke.com hit with another cybersquatting complaint
· Policy & LawYet another company called Bespoke wants to get Bespoke.com without paying for it. When Garth Piesse paid $18,805 to acquire the domain name Bespoke.com in an expired domain name auction in 2014, I bet he didn't expect to be hit with a couple ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Owner of HighbrowMagazine.com demands Highbrow.com domain name
· Policy & LawCompany that owns Highbrow.com paid about $20,000 for the domain name. The owner of an online publication at HighbrowMagazine.com has threatened the owners of Highbrow.com, demanding that they turn the domain name over to her. Highbrow.com's owner ... Continue Reading6 Comments
