Communications company settles lawsuit over typosquatting. Verizon has reached a tentative settlement with 2Cool Guys, LLC, Warren Weitzman, and Arnold Trebach over alleged trademark infringement from domain name typos. The communications company ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Verizon Files Another Cybersquatting Lawsuit
· Policy & LawVerizon files cybersquatting lawsuit for Verizon.com typos. Verizon is suing 2Cool Guys.LLC (sic), Warren Weitzman, Arnold Trebach, and several John Does for trademark infringement. In the lawsuit, Verizon alleges that the defendants registered ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Comcast Starts Typosquatting Domain Names
· Policy & LawCable provider latest ISP to hijack typo traffic. Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has introduced a "Domain Helper service", which redirects web address typos to a page featuring pay-per-click advertisements. The pages also include a link to a web site ... Continue Reading31 Comments
Congress Beats Up ICANN (Part 3)
· Policy & LawQuestion and answer period at hearing gets testy. In part 1 of our coverage of today's U.S. House of Representatives hearing on ICANN, DNW covered committee member's opening remarks. Part two covered witnesses' opening testimony. The real fireworks ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Verizon Voices Concerns about New Top Level Domain Names
· Policy & LawVerizon has several recommendations for ICANN -- including listening to the recommendations it has already received. I've read dozens of comments submitted to ICANN about its new top level domain name applicant guidebook. Perhaps the most thoughtful ... Continue Reading8 Comments
2008 Domain Dunce Awards: Verizon
· Policy & LawVerizon likes to play both sides of the fence. For that we give it an award. With just a few days left in 2008, I thought I'd write about a couple of the more egregious stories in domain names this year. Think of it as the dumbest moments in ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Verizon Wins $33 Million in Cybersquatting Case
· Policy & LawVerizon wins default judgment against top 15 domain registrar. Customers of OnlineNic, Inc., a top 15 domain registrar with over 1,000,000 domains registered, should be concerned about the state of the registrar after a judge ordered the company to pay ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not Now
· UncategorizedWhat's hot in the domain industry, and what's not? It's been a few months since I wrote the What's hot, What's not article for domain names. A lot has changed since then, so I've updated the list. What's Hot Geo Domains - geo domains have been a ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Verizon Sued Over Error Redirects
· Policy & LawCommunications company will have to defend its DNS wildcarding practices. It looked like a slam dunk case for Verizon (NYSE: VZ) when it sued Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc. for trademark infringement. Navigation Catalyst owns a number of domains ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not
· ServicesA look at current trends in domain names. What are the hottest trends in domain names right now? Where are things headed south? Here's a quick look. -----What's HOT----- Four character domains - I'm not sure why everyone is jumping on this ... Continue Reading22 Comments