WaPo Article on Google and Parked Domains
Washington Post: The Web's Million-Dollar Typos
Washington Post: The Web's Million-Dollar Typos
That was fast. As far as I can tell, an entity received a quick registration for PST in the Benelux. While another entity with an older PST registration is moving to cancel this Benelux registration, as far as this .EU dispute goes, a valid registration is a valid registration. I encourage EU practitioners to email me and set us straight.
A sunrise period for registrations in the new .MOBI top level domain approaches, details via the Encirca registrar here.
For what it's worth, mobi.com, dotmobi.com and dotmobi.info seem to be taken by domain name speculators.
Slashdot: 'Domain Names Worth Their Weight in Gold Again."
UPDATE Monday: Enom emailed me to advise that only a 'several' registrars provided Enom contact data. I went to the list again just now and counted 50 registrars with an Enom number. Enom adds that an entity from New York is responsible for 396 accreditations.
ORIGINAL POST: Open registration for the .EU top level domain name begins on April 7. Accredited registrars were listed here. Approximately 400 registrars give Bellevue Washington (Note Update Above) as their location and provide their telephone number as that of eNom, a registrar in Bellevue. Eyebrows were raised because at 10,000 euros per accreditation, those are hefty fees.
One registrar has circulated a memo (that does not identify eNom) that states:
". . . our preliminary investigation indicates that this may be an attempt to register valuable brands, generic names and then profit by reselling them back to clients at a high premium or monetize the high traffic names for pay per click revenue."
Another registrar, Nick Wood of Com Laude said, "This alliance is not doing anything wrong in rushing for attractive names as long as they have genuine end-clients. [However] there is a provision in the agreement that all accredited registrars sign with EURid, the registry operator, that specifically forbids warehousing but does EURid have the appetite to enforce it?"
At first glance, one wonders if the 4 million euro investment could be re-couped if only retail registration is envisioned.
My emails to eNom asking them to comment on this have not been returned as of yet. (Note Update Above).
Dennis Forbes: 'Interesting Facts About Domain Names.' HT Scripting News.
'Order Now and Start Your AdSense Empire Today, 'says this ad from a company that syndicates content to would-be domain name monetizers.
Barrett, 'Internet Trademark Suits and the Demise of 'Trademark Use,' 39 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 371 (2006). Abstract:
"The Internet has provided countless new ways for ingenious businesses and individuals to refer to a plaintiff's mark in a manner that impacts the plaintiff's business. These new methods may not directly associate the mark with goods or services that the defendant is offering for sale and may be completely hidden from consumers' view. In evaluating the numerous trademark infringement and dilution suits that these unauthorized references have generated, courts have often failed to focus on the appropriate role of the "trademark use" requirement, which has traditionally limited the scope of the trademark infringement (and more recently, trademark dilution) cause of action. Some courts appear to have completely ignored the trademark use limitation, while others have acknowledged the limitation but construed it in a manner that undercuts or distorts it. This has given rise to a number of splits in the Circuit Courts of Appeals. This Article undertakes to bring some focus and coherence to the trademark use issue in the Internet context. It provides an in-depth examination of the history and purpose of the limitation and proposes a modern, general definition of "trademark use" in light of that history and purpose. It then demonstrates how this definition should apply in several important contexts on the Internet."
HT Prof Goldman, who provides other links to law review articles on the same topic.
So I am told.
Press Release re settlement re use of ACOMPLIAREPORT.COM between news site and owner of ACOMPLIA trademark. Settlement contains provisions relating to mitigation of confusion.
Someone who believes that Home Depot sucks, prevailed in a UDRP brought by Home Depot. Respondent was represented by the University of San Francisco Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic. Via EFF.
This would be a useful decision to review prior to sending a demand letter to a gripe site, as there is good discussion of the three elements in the context of a gripe site.
I don't believe Home Depot sucks but it seems to matter which location you go to. I have had basically positive experience with the Port Chester one. I stay away from the Yonkers location (not enough sales help) unless I'm also going to Costco and Stew Leonards there. The Danbury, CT Home Depot is good for large items, such as lawn mowers.
Must read primer on the expiring domain names industry: 'How To Snatch An Expiring Domain Name" by Mike Davidson, via Law Tech Guru.