Even if the plaintiff wins this case, there's a third company with a similar name. Yesterday, healthcare financing company CarePayment Technologies, Inc., filed a lawsuit (pdf) against CarePay, Inc., claiming trademark infringement. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lawsuit alleges valuable domain names were stolen
· Policy & LawAt least two of the three domains have since been sold. A lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia yesterday alleges that three valuable domain names were stolen last year. Vincent Yap, a Chinese citizen, alleges that he is the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Judge finds Canvas in contempt of court, fines it $2,500 per day
· Policy & LawFine might go up after February 25. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has found diversity recruiting site Canvas in contempt of court for failing to stop using the Canvas name and canvas.com domain name. Instructure (NYSE: INST) sued Canvas in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What a circus! Circus.com court challenge denied
· Policy & LawGambling company fails (again) to get circus.com. The owner of Circus.com has successfully defended its domain for a second time. Online gambling company Circus Belgium SA first tried to obtain the valuable domain name through a UDRP in 2016. It ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Judge issues Order to Show Cause in Canvas.com case
· Policy & LawIf the appeals court denies request, Canvas might abandon the Canvas name entirely. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has granted an Order to Show Cause after recruiting site Canvas failed to stop using the brand Canvas after the judge's ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Judge reiterates demand that Canvas.com stop using its domain…tomorrow!
· Policy & LawCanvas will have to switch domain names by tomorrow. Perhaps you can forgive United States District Judge Dale A. Kimball for not understanding what goes into changing a web platform's domain name. But the engineers at Canvas' headquarters probably ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton files lawsuit against domains used in phishing
· Policy & LawLarge law firm tries to capture infringing domains. Debevoise & Plimpton, an international law firm with over $1 billion in annual revenue, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against two domains it says were used for nefarious purposes. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Citadel critic files lawsuit after cybersquatting decision
· Policy & LawPerson upset at Citadel and its involvement in GameStop controversy is suing the company to keep his domain name. A critic of the financial firm Citadel and its CEO has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to stop the transfer of his domain name. [Update: after ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawsuit alleges 4 numeric domains are stolen
· Policy & LawLawsuit filed against four domain names. A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) that alleges four four-digit domain names are stolen. Xia Zhang filed the lawsuit in rem and against John Doe, alleging the perpetrator stole 0927 .com, 0942 .com, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
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
