Cybersquatting is motivated by profit, and it will be difficult to make money cybersquatting on new TLDs. Much of the talk and consternation over introducing new top level domain names has focused on protections for intellectual property owners. ... Continue Reading21 Comments
True Religion jeans company sues over TrueReligion.com domain name
· Policy & LawLast month I wrote about how jeans company True Religion lost a domain name arbitration case with the owner of TrueReligion.com. The owner of TrueReligion.com registered the domain name in 1998, many years before the jeans company came into existence. ... Continue Reading7 Comments
The Health Insurance Marketplaces are here, and so are the Cybersquatters
· Policy & LawTyposquatters were quick to register domain names similar to new health exchanges. Yesterday marked the official start of the health insurance marketplaces under Obamacare. Residents of most states can shop for plans at HealthCare.gov, but 17 states ... Continue Reading4 Comments
This is dirty: HelpScout.net owner files lawsuit against HelpScout.com
· Policy & LawCompany formed in 2011 claims domain names registered in 2009 infringe its trademark. Brightwurks, Inc., which owns support service Help Scout, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against the domain names HelpScout.com and Help-Scout.com. Here's what ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Yahoo gets patent for prioritizing cybersquatting cases
· Policy & LawPatent covers discovering and prioritizing cybersquatting issues. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,499,032 (pdf) to Yahoo for a "System and method for compiling a set of domain names to recover". The invention, which ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Law firm claims generic legal domain name is cybersquatting
· Policy & LawLaw firm with the generic name "Outside Legal Counsel" sues Dan Rubin over OutsideLegalCounsel.com domain name. [Update: the case was resolved.] A law firm called Outside Legal Counsel Plc has sued JustDropped.com and its owner Dan Rubin, claiming he ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Wanna lawsuit? WannaDo battles WannaDo in court, claims cybersquatting
· Policy & LawApp creator sues event ticketing site over Wannado name and domain name. Two businesses offer relatively similar services at a about the same time and use the same name: WannaDo. One secures the best domain name for the service. Wanna bet that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Irony alert: Trademark company loses cybersquatting claim on TrademarkDirect.com.au
· Policy & Law"UK's Leading Trade Mark Service" loses cybersquatting complaint. Oh, it's delicious. Trade Mark Direct Ltd of London has lost a cybersquatting complaint filed under the .au Dispute Resolution Policy for the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
California furniture seller files suit over UrbanHome.com
· Policy & LawSecond lawsuit filed after UDRP decision. The legal expenses are mounting on this one. Urban Home, the California furniture maker that filed a UDRP on UrbanHome.com, has now filed a federal lawsuit in California to try to get the domain name. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Lawsuit: cybersquatters tried to dupe suppliers out of $60,000+ of merchandise
· Policy & LawW. W. Williams says fraudsters uses domain name to try to trick suppliers to send merchandise. Usually when a cybersquatter grabs a domain similar to a company's name, the cybersquatter just hopes to make a few bucks from a parked page. But ... Continue Reading1 Comment