TechCrunc: ToysRUs Buys TOYS.COM

I’m quoted in today’s BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report: “Celebrity Names Disputes Under UDRP: Challenges, Contours, Likely Outcomes,” 14 ECLR 256, 2/25/09 (no link, walled garden).
While we’re talking about celebrity name disputes, I was once copied on an email that Catherine Zeta-Jones was copied on as well. I’m not lying.

I just received a Facebook friend request from someone I brought a UDRP against five years ago.

A domain name is not a gambling device. Coverage here.

This is a fairly complex fact pattern. Defendants may have hacked plaintiff’s website, stole its code, stole its domain names, set up a counterfeit website, sent a bad faith DMCA notice against plaintiff, forged asset transfer documents, and did other bad things. Plaintiff brings trademark, copyright, in rem ACPA and other assorted causes of action.…

WSJ.com: “What’s in a Name? $50k, Perhaps, If You’re the Victim of Cybersquatting“:

Cybersquatters, beware. Verizon said it’s been awarded $33.2 million in a default ruling against a San Francisco firm.
The default ruling, according to Verizon, said the firm, registrar OnlineNIC, “unlawfully registered at least 663 domain names that were either identical

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Pro Goldman on why we don’t many trademark class action suits.

Domain Name Wire: “Commentary: Why Standard Tactics is a Problem“:

The domain industry has a black mark on its record and a public image problem because of cybersquatting and typosquatting. GoDaddy isn’t helping. Standard Tactics owns trademarked domain names. We don’t know how many, but based on existing UDRP filings and domains that

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