Attorney and domain investor wins case brought by California train service. Texas attorney, lobbyist, and domain investor Ramiro Canales has successfully defended an attack on one of his company's domain names, CapitolCorridor.com. Capitol Corridor ... Continue Reading1 Comment
“We The People, In Order to Acquire a More Perfect Domain Name…”
· Policy & LawLegal services company tries to lay claim to WeThePeople.com. A legal document company that operates at the domain name WeThePeopleUSA.com has lost its attempt to secure the generic domain name WeThePeople.com through UDRP arbitration. In a case ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Chad Wright Defends the South Pole(.com)
· Policy & LawFollow up: Panel finds against clothing manufacturer. Photo from Wikimedia CommonsHere's a follow up to Domain Name Wire's story in July about Wicked Fashions filing a UDRP for SouthPole.com. Wicked Fashions manufacturers a line of clothing called ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Nike and Wells Fargo Join CADNA
· Policy & LawCompanies join associations representing trademark interests. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, an organization of mostly Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it has two new members and is concerned about changes at ICANN. Nike (NYSE: NKE) ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Arbitrators Define DeepThroat.com
· Policy & LawArbitration panel finds in favor of domain registrant in DeepThroat.com case. "Honey, I'm just doing some homework for a legal case I'm working on." That's what the three panelists in a recent UDRP arbitration through National Arbitration Forum must ... Continue Reading8 Comments
There’s a Lot of B.S. Around BS.com
· Policy & LawDomain name at center of lawsuit and WIPO action. The previous owner of BS.com failed to recover the domain in a WIPO arbitration. In a decision dated September 1, the three person panel found that the complainant failed to prove it had a trademark ... Continue Reading7 Comments
New York Times Correctly Defines Cybersquatting
· Policy & LawNew York Times article offers up correct definition related to trademarks. It seems that the domain industry is quick to pounce on mainstream journalists who broadly define cybersquatting to include what many of us would refer to as domain investing -- ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Arbitration Inconsistency: FoodEmporium.com/.net/.org
· Policy & LawThink UDRP panels are inconsistent? Here's proof. If you think UDRP panel decisions are inconsistent, look no further than three cases involving New York grocer The Food Emporium. It filed three separate actions under UDRP for FoodEmporium.com, ... Continue Reading7 Comments
BMEzine.com Picks up BME.com in WIPO Dispute
· Policy & LawGregory Ricks loses three character domain name. Long time domainer Gregory Ricks has lost the domain name BME.com to BMEzine.com, LLC. Ricks lost the case because of the content of recent parked pages on the domain and because the panel found that ... Continue Reading12 Comments
DNN.com: History Behind Domain Name News’ New Domain
· Policy & LawDomain Name News has scored the domain DNN.com. But there's a story behind the domain. Last week domain news site Domain Name News announced that it had acquired the domain name DNN.com for use with its web site. This is a great domain and the team ... Continue Reading24 Comments