Judge formally dismisses lawsuit with prejudice. Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: FB) lawsuit against domain name registrar Namecheap was officially dismissed today, following a settlement last month. Meta (Facebook at the time) sued (pdf) Namecheap and ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Judge orders OnlineNic to pay Facebook over $3 million for cybersquatting
· Policy & LawThe judgment could exceed $5 million, including legal fees. A U.S. District Judge has ordered (pdf) OnlineNic and its Whois privacy service Domain ID Shield to pay Meta Platforms (Facebook, NASDAQ: FB) over $3 million for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
This is why companies file UDRP cases they probably shouldn’t win
· Policy & LawYou never know when you'll get lucky. Type Lions Head into your search bar, and you'll see results for Lion's Head mountain in South Africa, a pork meatball, an investment banking firm, and a place called Lion's Head in Canada. Type in Lionshead, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Coinbase loses cybersquatting challenge
· Policy & LawChinese registrant argued it was in the physical coin base. But maybe not. Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name coinbase.info. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Cybersquatting cases are going…down?
· Policy & LawNominet reports a record low number of cases filed. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishes annual data about its cybersquatting case counts under UDRP, usually reporting record case counts. But this can be misleading. There ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
AnnualCreditReport.com owner sues to recover 108 domain names
· Policy & LawThe operator of free annual credit report site goes after cybersquatters. Central Source, LLC has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against 108 domain names that it says are typosquatting on its famous AnnualCreditReport.com website. The company was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sports business personality sues rival for registering domain names
· Policy & LawJoe Pomp sues podcaster who he alleges is forwarding domains to his competing website. Joe Pompliano, the publisher of a popular newsletter and podcast about sports business, has sued (pdf) a competing podcaster for cybersquatting. Pompliano ... Continue Reading1 Comment
MetaMask tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawMaker of popular crytocurrency wallet tries to reverse domain hijack MetaMask.com. The developer of MetaMask has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name MetaMask.com. MetaMask is a popular cryptocurrency wallet ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Patsy Cline domain name lawsuit settled
· Policy & LawThe domain was likely transferred to Patsy Cline Enterprises as part of the settlement. Patsy Cline Enterprises, LLC has settled a lawsuit it brought against the registrant of PatsyCline.com. The company, which manages the late singer's ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The empower.com lawsuit is a doozy
· Policy & LawA large investment firm is trying to secure a valuable domain registered well before its matching brand existed. Earlier this year, Elliot Silver wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit against empower.com. The judge is currently considering a motion ... Continue Reading6 Comments