App creator sues event ticketing site over Wannado name and domain name. Two businesses offer relatively similar services at a about the same time and use the same name: WannaDo. One secures the best domain name for the service. Wanna bet that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
California furniture seller files suit over UrbanHome.com
· Policy & LawSecond lawsuit filed after UDRP decision. The legal expenses are mounting on this one. Urban Home, the California furniture maker that filed a UDRP on UrbanHome.com, has now filed a federal lawsuit in California to try to get the domain name. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
University of Central Florida sues liquor store that owns UCFliquorstore.com
· Policy & LawUniversity of Central Florida takes issue with liquor store's marketing and domain name. The University of Central Florida has sued a local liquor store that bills itself as "Your Official UCF Liquor Store". Pat's Liquor, which is located about a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Citigroup sues to get CityCard.com, a domain it won in UDRP
· Policy & LawSouth Korean court blocked transfer of domain after UDRP; Citi files suit in the United States. Last September a National Arbitration Forum panel ruled that Citigroup should get the domain name CityCard.com. [Update: the court entered a default ... Continue Reading23 Comments
Garage door domain argument goes to court
· Policy & LawGarage door wars. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a UDRP in which a panelist who knew little about internet marketing awarded the domain name BoiseGarageDoor.com to a garage door company in Boise. Now the respondent in that case has filed a lawsuit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawsuit claims Go Daddy illegally recorded phone calls
· Domain RegistrarsTwo California men claim domain registrar recorded calls without permission. You know the line... "This call may be recorded for quality or training purposes". Well, according to two California men, their phone calls with domain name registrar Go ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Company sues to get Reinvention.com domain name
· Policy & LawMarketing company claims domain infringes its re:invention mark. An Illinois marketing company called Reinvention, Inc. has sued data sampling company Reinvention, LLC, which owns the Reinvention.com domain name. The brief, five page complaint ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Libya loses anticybersquatting lawsuit
· Policy & LawLibya and its embassy lose a domain name lawsuit that started well before Gaddafi's overthrow. A federal district court yesterday handed down a ruling in a very interesting cybersquatting case, and much of the interest lies in who the plaintiff was: ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Macth.com owner sues Match.com and CitizenHawk after losing UDRP
· Policy & LawDomain owner files complaint to halt transfer of domain name after losing UDRP. The owner of Macth.com has sued online dating company Match.com and domain name recovery firm CitizenHawk after losing a UDRP for her domain name. In a complaint filed ... Continue Reading12 Comments
DomainTools lawsuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
· UncategorizedPreemptive case against New Jersey man can't go forward in Washington, judge rules. DomainTools' preemptive lawsuit against Russ Smith has been dismissed (pdf) with prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. Russ Smith had ... Continue Reading3 Comments