Scotsman.com: “US Mogul Foils Web Name Hijack Scheme“:
An American multi-millionaire has come to the rescue of a Leith businessman whose website was hijacked by a hacker.
Internet mogul Bob Parsons owns the domain registry firm GoDaddy.com which web designer David Airey used to log his own site.
Hoerbiger sells automation and compressor equipment under the name HOERBIGER. Texas International Property Associates registered the name HORBIGER.COM and provides links relating to automation and compressor equipment. Hoerbiger brought a UDRP and in October, the panelist found for it, ordering transfer of the name. TIPA brought a suit in Texas state court requesting a
NY Times: “The Lotts, Lobbying and Domain Name Defense“:
“A report confirming an online union between Senator Trent Lott and former Senator John Breaux — breauxlott.com — raised questions because Mr. Lott is not allowed to join the lobbyist ranks for some time and has played down the prospect.”
Funeral home alleges that rival funeral home registered a domain name reflecting its name. Alpson, Inc. dba Porto Funeral Home v. East Haven Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. and James Brennan, (D Conn Dec 8 2007).
Tombstone generator here.
Interesting idea. Out-Law.com: “Business Should Fund Domain Name Police“:
A technology law expert has called on the business world to set up a policing outfit to tackle cybersquatters. The call came as Dell raised the stakes in the fight against domain hoarders, demanding compensation of $1 million per name in a lawsuit.
Dell
Good short (5 page) paper by UK domain name registry Nominet on domain name monetization.
Discourse.net: “Can Typosquatting Be Counterfeiting?”
“The story there is about Dell bringing a very large and organized case against a bunch of domain tasters (people who register domain names for a very brief period then drop them, so they don’t have to pay for them) who were apparently typosquatting on a grand scale.
The anti-virus people, McAfee, have released a report on typo-squatting. Among their conclusions is that a consumer who mis-spells a popular web site URL has a 1 in 14 chance of landing on a typo-squatter site.
Plaintiff owns BIOCALTH trademark. Domains by Proxy customer had been using BIOLAWSUIT.COM for a Chinese language site that seemed to refer to a lawsuit relating to BIOCALTH (archive.org page here), the pages of which allegedly reproduced the BIOCALTH logo (the page is down as of this writing). Domains By Proxy doesn’t give up
After domain name registrar refused to disclose the identity of the registrant of InstitutionalHartfordLife.com, Hartford Life sued Moniker in the Southern District last week. Via Justia.com docket search. Hartford Fire Insurance, et. al. v. Moniker Online Services, LLC and John Does 1-10, 0 Civ 9729 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 2 2007).