GPT is a generic term for OpenAI's technology, reviewer states. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a final refusal to OpenAI for its GPT trademark registration application. Registration was refused because "the applied mark merely ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Verizon wins $450k cybersquatting judgment
· Policy & LawCompany gets $50,000 in statutory damages per domain. Telecommunications company Verizon, through its Verizon Trademark Services LLC affiliate, has been awarded $450,000 in statutory damages against a cybersquatter. The company filed the case in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Unstoppable Domains files three more trademark applications
· Policy & LawCompany continues to go after U.S. trademarks for its alt-root top level domains. Alt-root web3 domain name provider Unstoppable Domains has filed three more U.S. trademark applications corresponding to the names it offers. The company has ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Entrepreneur Media sues creator of Entrepreneur’s Handbook
· Policy & LawHe's just the latest person the publisher has sued. Entrepreneur Media, the company behind Entrepreneur magazine and Entrepreneur.com, has sued (pdf) yet another person who dared to use the word Entrepreneur in his brand. The company filed a ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Abbott Laboratories tries to use UDRP to settle a trademark dispute
· Policy & LawUDRP isn't meant to settle broad trademark usage disputes. Abbott Laboratories has tried — and failed — to settle a trademark usage dispute using UDRP. The company, which makes Ensure nutritional beverages, filed a UDRP against the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Unstoppable Domains applies for US trademarks (again)
· Policy & LawCompany makes another attempt at U.S. trademarks. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has applied for seven U.S. trademarks in the past few months, many of which are related to its alt-root top level domains. The company has attempted for ... Continue Reading2 Comments
eBay tries (and fails) to use UDRP in a trademark dispute
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedeBay tried to shoehorn a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting dispute. eBay has lost a dispute it filed to get control of the domain name BillionaireBay .com in a UDRP cybersquatting case. National Arbitration Forum panelist Nicholas J.T. Smith ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Things people tell John Berryhill, and what he thinks about them
· Policy & LawAn attorney explains some questionable assertions domain investors make. Last week at the Internet Commerce Association meeting in Las Vegas, attorney John Berryhill discussed some common things he hears domainers say. Here's what he had to say ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Another web3 domain company applies for top level domain trademarks
· Policy & LawFreename wants to trademark stylized versions of .hodl, .airdrop and .moon. Freename AG, one of many initiatives offering blockchain-based domain names, has applied for U.S. trademarks for some of its extensions. The company applied for design ... Continue Reading1 Comment
More companies try to trademark top level domains
· Policy & LawIt won't work. The U.S. Trademark and Protection Office won't issue trademarks for top level domains, but that doesn't keep people from trying. For example, Unstoppable Domains has tried and failed to register marks for .blockchain, .crypto and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment