The domain now points to Instructure's Canvas brand page. After a legal battle over the Canvas brand, canvas.com recently started forwarding to Instructure.com. The domain name moved from GoDaddy to Namecheap in recent weeks. That's the same ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Judge finds Canvas in contempt of court, fines it $2,500 per day
· Policy & LawFine might go up after February 25. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has found diversity recruiting site Canvas in contempt of court for failing to stop using the Canvas name and canvas.com domain name. Instructure (NYSE: INST) sued Canvas in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Appeals court deals a blow to Canvas.com
· Policy & LawCompany will need to rebrand quickly. It looks like Canvas.com is going to have to change its brand and domain name. Instructure filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that its Canvas brand infringed on its trademark for Canvas and that it ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Top 5 stories: Web3, blockchain domains, Canvas.com and more
· UncategorizedMiss any of last month's domain name news? Here are the top five posts on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. 1. Judge orders Canvas.com to stop using its domain name - this is an ongoing story that will have some fireworks this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Judge issues Order to Show Cause in Canvas.com case
· Policy & LawIf the appeals court denies request, Canvas might abandon the Canvas name entirely. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has granted an Order to Show Cause after recruiting site Canvas failed to stop using the brand Canvas after the judge's ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Canvas is still using Canvas.com after court deadline passes
· Policy & LawCompany is hoping an appeals court will grant a stay. Diversity recruiting platform Canvas is still using the Canvas brand and Canvas.com domain name after a court deadline forcing a change passed. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball granted a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Judge reiterates demand that Canvas.com stop using its domain…tomorrow!
· Policy & LawCanvas will have to switch domain names by tomorrow. Perhaps you can forgive United States District Judge Dale A. Kimball for not understanding what goes into changing a web platform's domain name. But the engineers at Canvas' headquarters probably ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Canvas asks court to stay injunction that would force it to change domains
· UncategorizedDiversity recruiting site challenges injunction that would devastate its business. Job recruiting platform Canvas has asked a judge to stay an injunction (pdf) that would force it to rebrand its entire company within 15 days. Last week, U.S. ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Wow: judge orders Canvas.com to stop using its domain name
· Policy & LawJudge grants preliminary injunction that will force Canvas to stop using its valuable domain name. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has granted (pdf) a request for a preliminary junction by Instructure, Inc., thereby ordering Canvas to stop using ... Continue Reading13 Comments
After rebranding with Canvas.com, recruiting site faces trademark infringement claims
· Policy & LawA job recruiting business upgraded to a great domain name, only to get dragged to court in a trademark dispute. In May of this year, recruiting platform Jumpstart changed its brand to Canvas and upgraded its domain from Jumpstart.me to Canvas.com. ... Continue Reading1 Comment