Can you show that the domain owner registered the domain with your company in mind? Today, National Arbitration Forum published a reverse domain name hijacking decision against Gridiron Fiber Corp. and Lumos Telephone LLC d/b/a Lumos Networks. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
It’s about to be easier to challenge trademarks
· Policy & LawNew rules should help clean up bad trademarks. There are a lot of questionable registered trademarks. Sometimes a company fudges first use dates. Other times, they submit questionable specimens of use. And on occasion, people file for fraudulent ... Continue Reading1 Comment
A warning to companies that license their trademarks
· Policy & LawUDRP is not the place to settle disputes with former trademark licensees and domains. Here's a case I often see: a company licenses a trademark to another company. Perhaps it's a distributor or regional manufacturing and sales company. The licensee ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Unstoppable domains files trademark applications for .NFT, .Doge and others
· Policy & LawCompany that provides alt-root domain names filed trademark applications for new extensions. Unstoppable Domains, a company that sells alt-root domain names that use blockchain technology, recently filed trademark applications with the U.S. Patent ... Continue Reading14 Comments
After losing cybersquatting dispute, Qatar tries trademark infringement
· Policy & LawQatar Airways sues owner of VisitQatar.com in continuation of a long-running battle. After one Qatar state entity lost its attempt to get the domain VisitQatar.com through a cybersquatting claim, another state entity has sued the domain owner for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
UDRP works. Here’s how to fix it.
· Policy & LawThe cybersquatting policy works almost all of the time. Here's how to stop most bad cases in their tracks. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post entitled simply "UDRP works." I explained that UDRP does exactly what it was designed to do in the vast ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Trademarks suggest more domain services in the works
· ServicesThese trademark applications are for domain name services. A lot of entities and people have filed trademarks related to domain name services lately. Most of these have been filed on an intent-to-use basis, meaning the companies haven't used them ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Someone wants to trademark “makeOffer” for domain forwarding
· Policy & LawIt's a ubiquitous term in the domain industry. An Austin man has filed a trademark application (serial 88833592) for "makeOffer" for "Computer services, namely, domain forwarding services." Make Offer is, of course, a common term in the domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
This domain dispute might be better in the courts
· Policy & LawThe Complainant has a right to be upset but will have difficulty showing trademark rights. UMass Memorial HealthAlliance has lost a UDRP for UrgentCareLeominster .com at World Intellectual Property Organization. The hospital chain has a right to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lawyer labels domain investing “Anticipatory Cybersquatting”
· Policy & LawArticle published by ABA could lead trademark holders astray. I was doing some research this weekend when I came across an article published by American Bar Association in June. The article by Tamara Kurtzman, a California attorney, rails against the ... Continue Reading33 Comments