Washington Post: Most Spam Sites Tied to Just 10 Registrars
1. XinNet Cyber Information Company Limited
2. eNom
3. Network Solutions
4. Register.com
5. Planet Online
6. Regtime Ltd.
7. OnlineNIC Inc.
8. Spot Domain LLC
9. Wild West Domains
10. Hichina Web Solutions
I suppose that one way to give these numbers meaning would
March 2009
Typosquatting Yourself
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Branding
SciFi becomes SyFy. HT PC.
Total Number of WIPO Domain Name Cases by Year
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Domain Names
YEAR NUMBER OF CASES
1999 1
2000 1857
2001 1557
2002 1207
2003 1100
2004 1176
2005 1456
2006 1824
2007 2156
2008 2329
Anticipating a Fraudit
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
Registration Ruminations reports that PTO numbers regarding the withdrawal of ‘inadvertently’ filed documents with the PTO suggests that people are following John Welch’s advice as to how to avoid a ‘fraudit.’
Some Net Policing Tools via Plagiarism Today
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Miscellany
CitiGroup Brings In Rem Action Against Various CITI-variant Domain Names
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Posted in Domain Names
CitiGroup brings in rem action in Virginia against various CITI-variant domain names.
Complaint Citigroup in Rem
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The Score So Far On Utah’s War Against Keyword Advertising
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Posted in Search Engines
Prof Goldman tallies Utah’s (and 1-800-Contacts) war against keyword advertising (disclosure – I have represented clients who have been adverse to 1-800-Contacts).
Fifth Circuit Denies Yahoo’s Jurisdictional Appeal in American Airlines Keyword Case
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Posted in Search Engines
Prof Goldman: Fifth Circuit Denies Yahoo’s Jurisdictional Appeal in American Airlines Case:
Yahoo’s principal argument was that the parties’ lawsuit was governed by its Sponsored Search Agreement, which had a mandatory venue clause requiring litigation in Yahoo’s home court. The district court judge did not respond well to that argument, calling it “completely nonsensical.”
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A Comic Strip About Search Engine Optimization
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Posted in Search Engines
Who’d’ve thought it? RankedHard.com.
What Was It I Was Thinking About?
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Miscellany
Something to ponder this weekend:
First, there’s this must-read piece by Clay Shirky. It’s a little bit about content, more about the disingration (and atomization)of the newspaper business).
Then, check out the various links contained in this Time piece about the Stewart/Cramer dust-up (note especially Prof Balkin’s meditation on the corruption and degradation of…