Intelligence firm wants to take down site that discusses 2011 hacking incident. Stratfor Enterprises, LLC, an intelligence firm that was famously hacked in 2011, is trying to get control of a domain commemorating the attack. The company has filed a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Tumblr files 9 cybersquatting complaints
· Policy & LawBlogging platform cracks down on cybersquatters. Blogging service Tumblr has filed 9 separate cybersquatting complaints in the last two weeks. The complaints, filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy with World Intellectual ... Continue Reading1 Comment
UDRP filed against two letter domain Yu.com
· Policy & LawAre Yu serious? A UDRP has been filed against the owner of the two letter domain name Yu.com. The case was filed by Two Way NV/SA at World Intellectual Property Organization. It's unclear who owns the domain. It has been protected by Moniker ... Continue Reading11 Comments
L.A. company denied chance to use dot.com bust Kozmo.com’s domain name
· Policy & LawKozmo.com may be defunct but it's domain registration lives on. In July I wrote about how Los Angeles company Yummy Foods, LLC wanted to relaunch the Kozmo.com delivery brand. Kozmo.com was one of the biggest dot.com busts. It raised around $250 ... Continue Reading5 Comments
GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
· Policy & LawInsurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the 'o'. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respond to the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
UDRP cybersquatting complaints increase in first half of 2012
· Policy & LawTwo largest UDRP services saw increased activity in first half of the year. The number of cybersquatting complaints filed in the first half of 2012 was up 9% compared to the first half of 2011. That's according to data provided by World Intellectual ... Continue Reading3 Comments
UDRP panelists don’t do their job deciding reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanelists don't always consider RDNH when asked, and both WIPO and NAF don't seem to care. On Friday I wrote about the UDRP decision for AboutDotMed.com et al. This morning I read the decision for J-brand.com. In both cases the respondents won. In ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Yahoo Upset About X-Rated Flickr Sites
· Policy & LawCompany files complaint over sites that use its Flickr brand. Yahoo has turned to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to help it shut down two X-rated sites that use Flickr in their domain names. The company filed the complaint with ... Continue Reading5 Comments
French Company Files UDRP Against Google’s AdWords.com
· Policy & LawCompany that was subject to Google UDRP fights back. French company Francotel, LLC has filed a UDRP complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name Adwords.com, Domain Name Wire has learned. The case is not yet ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Google Gets XXX Domain Name*
· Policy & LawCompany gets a triple xxx domain name -- but I'm not talking about the top level domain. Google has gotten its hands on GoogleXXX -- but not Google.xxx (yet). The company was awarded GoogleXXX.com in a World Intellectual Property Forum ruling just ... Continue Reading4 Comments