MySchool411.com owner gets schooled. It turns out .XYZ wasn't the only company winning on summary judgment yesterday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Judge John F. Anderson granted (pdf) Original Web Ventures' Motion for Summary ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen OnlineMBA.com domain name
· Policy & LawCompany files lawsuit after losing UDRP. After failing to recover the allegedly stolen domain name OnlineMBA.com through a UDRP, the previous owner of the domain name has turned to the courts. CMN.com, LLC, which generates leads for education ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lawsuit filed after Materia.com UDRP, and it’s an interesting case
· Policy & LawMichele Dinoia has cybersquatted in the past, but was Materia.com different? Michele Dinoia has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against California company Materia, Inc., after Materia won a UDRP for Dinoia's domain name Materia.com. The lawsuit ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Fight over APE.com lands in court
· Policy & LawDomain name is at the center of a family business dispute. The domain name Ape.com is the subject of a lawsuit just filed in U.S. District Court in Florida - Key West Division. The dispute is a weird one, and it sounds like the Scheu family doesn't ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen education domain names
· Policy & LawSuit alleges a dozen domain names were stolen using compromised email address. Texas company CMN.com LLC has filed a lawsuit to recover 12 domain names it alleges were stolen from it. According to the suit, the thief gained access to one of its ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
$50,000 penalty for filing a frivolous UDRP!
· Policy & LawCompany pays big bucks after filing losing UDRP. A Belgium maker of ultrasound equipment has paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a frivolous UDRP it filed. SDT International filed a UDRP for the domain named SDT.com last year. The domain ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Former GoDaddy employees say they’re owed overtime
· Domain RegistrarsPlaintiffs say they shouldn't have been categorized as exempt and are owed overtime. Three former* GoDaddy employees have sued the company, saying they should be paid overtime for work in excess of 40 hours per week. Sal Careaga, Joshua Berry and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WorkBetter.com owner fights back against ACPA lawsuit
· Policy & LawJason Kneen fights motion for preliminary injunction and points out plaintiff's apparent shenanigans. Earlier this week I wrote about how New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. had filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against Jason Kneen of the UK ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Court returns stolen 224.com, 605.com and 452.com domain names
· Policy & LawThree number domain names returned to rightful owner after lawsuit. A U.S. Federal Court has ordered the domain names 224.com, 605.com and 452.com be returned to Traffic Names, Ltd. Ian Andrew of Traffic Names filed suit last year alleging the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
The wild story about how the domain name CM.com was just registered
· Policy & LawVerisign just allowed the reserved domain name CM.com to be registered. Here's why. In 2013, the longtime registrant of CM.com lost his domain name. The domain name had been registered to Satoshi Shimoshita since 2004. Yet the domain name was ... Continue Reading12 Comments