IBM's case was "ill conceived and poorly executed," but panelist stopped short of finding reverse domain name hijacking. IBM has lost a cybersquatting claim it made against IBMS.com, and the panelist found that IBM's "prosecution of the Complaint ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
IBM files another combosquatting patent application
· Policy & LawApplication describes a way to find linkage between combosquatting domains used for nefarious purposes. IBM has filed a patent application for Combo-squatting domain linkage (pdf). Combosquatting is when a person uses a famous brand name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
IBM files combosquatting detection patent
· UncategorizedIt seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for "Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection". It's a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where bad actors use ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Expired domains brought down IBM services
· Expired DomainsForgetting to pay about thirty bucks leads to critical services going down. For about 24 hours in September, two IBM services associated with IBM Bluemix went down. The cause? Expired domain names. According to an incident report spotted by The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
IBM wins first new top level domain URS case
· Policy & LawPanel hands down decision within one week. IBM has won the first ever Uniform Rapid Suspension case for new top level domain names. A National Arbitration Forum panelist ruled in the company's favor in a dispute over IBM.guru and IBM.ventures. Both ... Continue Reading1 Comment
IBM Wants to Patent Semantic Web Tag Clouds
· UncategorizedIBM files patent application for overcoming limitations of tagging. The past few years on the web have been all about tagging. Tagging blog posts, tagging products, tagging pictures, etc. Blogs often times represent their tags in tag clouds. But ... Continue Reading6 Comments
