Online business formation company loses arbitration case. Business Filings Incorporated, which offers business filing services at BizFilings.com, has lost a domain name dispute over BizFiling.com (singular version). The company registered ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A Belated 2008 Domain Dunce: John Berryhill
· UncategorizedBetter late than never, here's a 2008 Domain Dunce Award. What do you mean today is Wednesday?This week I've run a series of posts with Domain Dunce Awards for 2009. But there was one I missed last year that is worth giving a retroactive award for. ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Success Bank Unsuccessful in Domain Dispute
· Policy & LawBank tries to get domain registered years before it gets trademark. Success Bank, an Iowa bank, should stick to the banking business. The company failed at arbitration to get the domain name SuccessBank.com from its owner, who registered the domain ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Edible Arrangements Should Stick to Edibles
· Policy & LawWould you like a UDRP with that arrangement?Poor Edible Arrangements. All it wanted to do was swipe the domain name EdibleBrands.com. But it didn't count on the respondent calling John Berryhill to pick apart the case. Now that ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Frank Schilling Loses His First UDRP
· Policy & LawSchilling's company comes down on wrong end of ChilliBeans.com decision. Frank Schilling's Name Administration has lost its first UDRP decision, spoiling a perfect record of success (according to searches at National Arbitration Forum and ... Continue Reading31 Comments
Schilling and Berryhill Win Another UDRP
· Policy & LawFrank Schilling, with help of John Berryhill, successfully defend domain name. Frank Schilling's Name Administration has won an arbitration case brought by a trampoline company. Domain name attorney John Berryhill represented Schilling. NAOP, LLC, ... Continue Reading22 Comments
DNN.com: History Behind Domain Name News’ New Domain
· Policy & LawDomain Name News has scored the domain DNN.com. But there's a story behind the domain. Last week domain news site Domain Name News announced that it had acquired the domain name DNN.com for use with its web site. This is a great domain and the team ... Continue Reading24 Comments
BerryHill Gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Charge Against Italian Company
· Policy & LawLawyer defends Gregory Ricks on Decal.com, wins RDNH charge. Domain name lawyer John Berryhill has successfully defended famed domainer Gregory Rick's Decal.com domain name, as well as getting a charge of reverse domain name hijacking against Italian ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Frank Schilling’s Defensive Patent
· Policy & LawLegendary domainer's patent-pending system could fend off ISP redirects. On April 24, 2006, domain name portfolio owner Frank Schilling filed a patent application for "Generic top-level domain re-routing system" with the help of attorney John ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Register.com Loses Register.cc Battle
· Policy & LawBattle of the registrars goes to "the little guy". In terms of size, Register.com is Goliath and Domain-It is David. According to RegistrarStats.com, Register.com controls 2,635,000 domains compared to Domain-It's 25,000. But David prevailed in ... Continue Reading9 Comments