Viacom registers domain names related to popular skit. Viacom (owner of Comedy Central) has registered a bunch of domain names related to one of the most popular Key & Peele skits of all time: I Said B*tch. The skit has over 27 million views on ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Viacom CEO loses domain dispute against cybersquatter
· Policy & LawPhilippe Dauman loses UDRP, but that may not be the last of it. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has lost a UDRP for the domain name philippepierredauman.com He lost the UDRP because he didn't convince the panel that he had trademark rights in his own ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Viacom company buys Film.com
· Domain SalesNextMovie picks up Film.com. MTV Networks site NextMovie has acquired Film.com, the company announced last week. MTV Networks is part of publicly traded Viacom. This was not a domain name purchase; it was a full fledged web business. Film.com has ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Viacom Loses South Park Domain Dispute
· Policy & LawCompany uses UDRP to go after copyright infringer. Panel doesn't bite. Viacom has lost another domain dispute. But this time it wasn't trying to steal a generic domain name; it was trying to shut down a web site containing copyrighted material. ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Arbitrator: Viacom is a Jackass
· Policy & LawArbitrator decides Viacom shouldn't get Jackass.com. "We look like Jackasses."This is a follow up to a story Domain Name Wire first published in December. Viacom (NYSE: VIA.B), parent company of MTV, filed a UDRP complaint to get the domain name ... Continue Reading3 Comments
MTV: Don’t Be a Jackass
· Policy & LawMTV wants Jackass.com. It better prepare for an uphill battle. Who are you calling a Jackass?MTV's parent company Viacom (NYSE: VIA.b) filed for arbitration to get the domain name Jackass.com, a case that commenced at WIPO on December 5. There are ... Continue Reading17 Comments