WIPO panelist rejects cybersquatting claim against Observe.com. Saas company Observe, Inc. has failed to obtain the domain name Observe.com through a cybersquatting claim. The company filed a UDRP with World Intellectual Property Organization ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
UDRP doesn’t solve trademark disputes
· Policy & LawUDRP is a blunt instrument that should only be used for clear-cut cybersquatting. The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) was designed to swiftly adjudicate cases of cybersquatting. It was not designed to settle trademark disputes ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Judge returns mixed bag in Pocketbook.com domain dispute ruling
· Policy & LawBoth sides get some wins and losses. Judge Dolly Gee has ruled on motions to strike and dismiss in a lawsuit over the domain name Pocketbook.com. PocketBook International SA, a company that sells ebook readers, tried to get the valuable domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Instagram: photo sharing app or weed delivery business?
· Policy & LawInsta Gram. Get it? Instagram has failed to secure the domain name Instagram.nl through a cybersquatting dispute, and the background is very interesting. A Dutch entrepreneur registered Instagram.nl in December 2010. Instagram (the app) was an ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Mike Lindell, Rob Monster, and one crazy cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawYou might need a flow chart to track what happened in this weird dispute. Creatd, Inc., which runs a site called Vocal, has won a cybersquatting dispute against Epik owner Rob Monster over the domain name Vocl.com. It's one of the zaniest UDRP ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Masterclass teacher schooled by trademark blogger
· Policy & LawAttorney John Berryhill analyzes an interesting UDRP case. Once in a while a UDRP dispute is almost more interesting because of who, instead of what, is involved. The decision in Help-Aetna(.)com is one of those cases. On its face, you would ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Why a company might file a lawsuit instead of a UDRP
· Policy & LawSites causing imminent harm can sometimes be taken down faster through the courts. The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) was created as a faster, easier, and cheaper alternative to lawsuits to settle cybersquatting claims. For a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Patsy Cline estate sues to get PatsyCline.com
· Policy & LawShe's (or her estate) Got You. Patsy Cline Enterprise, LLC, which manages the late singer's intellectual property, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the owner of PatsyCline.com. [Update: the lawsuit was settled.] Visual Link Internet appears to ... Continue Reading51 Comments
FC Barcelona loses cybersquatting match
· Policy & LawFootball team went after colloquial term culers.com. Fútbol Club Barcelona (FC Barcelona) has lost a cybersquatting challenge it brought against the domain name Culers.com. Culers is a Catalan dictionary term for supporters of the football (soccer) ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Another bad UDRP filing
· Policy & LawIt was a week of misinformed and malevolent cybersquatting disputes. There were a lot of reverse domain name hijacking cases last week. There was also one where the panelist didn't find reverse domain name hijacking but it appears the Complainant ... Continue Reading1 Comment