AOL's lawyers didn't provide enough evidence of common law rights. AOL owns the web site Patch.com, yet it has failed to obtain the typo wwwPatch.com through a National Arbitration Forum proceeding. How is this possible? It seems that AOL's lawyers ... Continue Reading3 Comments
AOL Ad.com Trademark Claim Refused as Generic
· Policy & LawTrademark examiner refuses Ad.com trademark again. AOL's continued battle to trademark a domain name it doesn't even own has hit another roadblock. On June 21, a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiner refused the trademark for Ad.com on the grounds ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Advertise.com Scores First Victory in Lawsuit with AOL
· Policy & LawJudge forces AOL to change venue. Advertise.com 1, AOL 0. Online advertising company Advertise.com has scored its first victory in its legal battles with AOL: a judge has ruled against AOL's favored jurisdiction of the Eastern District Court of ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Arbitrator Has Harsh Words for AOL in Domain Dispute
· Policy & LawAOL loses domain dispute; arbitrator condemns company and its lawyer. AOL, already known for playing fast an loose with trademarks, has lost a domain dispute for four domains including AutoBlogReviews.com. National Arbitration Forum panelist Paul M. ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Oversee.net Sues Skenzo, Oversee and Guillen Explain Their Sides
· Policy & LawTwo sides speak about Ad.com lawsuits. Here's the latest on the news Domain Name Wire broke earlier today about Marcos Guillen suing Directi/Skenzo for backing out of its $1.4M purchase of Ad.com. First, Oversee.net (or one of its subsidiaries) ... Continue Reading32 Comments
AOL Sues Advertise.com for Trademark Infringement
· Policy & LawAOL stretches its trademarks beyond belief. Apparently AOL thinks it owns every domain name that is some variation of "Advertising". The company just filed a lawsuit against Advertise.com. Advertise.com was formerly known as ABCsearch.com until ... Continue Reading37 Comments