Company alleges that AdMedia created a fraudulent assignment agreement and submitted it to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Yahoo Ad Tech and Yahoo IP Holdings have sued (pdf) Ad.com Interactive Media (dba AdMedia) and its CEO, alleging that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Cybersecurity company says former employee is holding domain name hostage
· Policy & LawSan Francisco startup alleges terminated employee won't give it access to its domain name. System Two Security, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company that raised a $7 million seed round in 2024, is suing (pdf) a former employee who it alleges ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Organization gives up fight for Prosecco.com domain name
· Policy & LawGroup that oversees DOC designation for prosecco tells court it is not seeking transfer of domains. Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco, an Italian organization that manages and oversees the "Denominazione di ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Customer sues GoDaddy, alleging domains improperly transferred from account
· Domain RegistrarsOne of the domains was sold through Afternic's Fast Transfer. A pro se litigant has sued (pdf) GoDaddy, alleging that it improperly transferred domain names from his account. Jason Nash alleges that two of his domains were improperly ... Continue Reading2 Comments
New owners of Fyre Festival get FyreFestival.com through lawsuit
· Policy & LawThe group previously lost a cybersquatting dispute over the domain. A company trying to resurrect the doomed Fyre Festival has won the domain FyreFestival.com in a court case after the registrant failed to respond. LimeWr Fyre OU, which had its ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev sues over personal domain name
· Policy & LawVlad Tenev files lawsuit over domain VladTenev.com after losing previous cybersquatting complaint. Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev has filed a lawsuit to try to gain control of the domain name VladTenev.com. Libin Zhu registered the domain name ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domain investor sues to overturn UDRP decision
· Policy & LawMira Holdings files lawsuit after losing a UDRP for orcid.com. Domain name investment company Mira Holdings, Inc., has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in federal district court to stay an adverse UDRP decision. On February 28, a Forum panel ruled that the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Heavy metal band Slipknot dismisses lawsuit over slipknot.com domain
· Policy & LawBand never served the domain name owner. The heavy metal band Slipknot has voluntarily dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit it filed against the domain name slipknot.com. Slipknot.com was registered in 2001, and the band was formed in the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lamborghini gets control of Lambo.com domain name
· Policy & LawAfter three-year battle, Lamborghini finally gets domain name. Whois records show that Automobili Lamborghini has finally obtained the domain name lambo.com. Lamborghini won a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Slipknot.com owner shows up to defend domain against Slipknot band
· Policy & LawCompany files with court after becoming aware of lawsuit. Not so fast! That's the message for heavy metal band Slipknot, which filed an in rem lawsuit against the domain name slipknot.com last month. Yesterday, attorney Jeffrey Neuman entered ... Continue Reading15 Comments
