A motion to dismiss has been decided in the Vulcan Golf class action against various PPC companies including Google. RICO charges and some torts out – cybersquattign stays in.
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Cabel.name: Japan” “URL’s Are Totally Out”, wherein the author notes a trend in Japanese advertising to encourage viewers to type in a certain term into a search box instead of navigating via a URL.
It makes sense, right? All the good domain names are gone. Getting people to a specific page in a big
News.com: Porn-friendly .xxx domain backer loses suit against federal agencies
The company behind the proposed .xxx top-level domain, which was rejected after the Bush administration intervened, has been trying to dig up embarrassing government documents through a federal lawsuit.
Make that “was trying.” A federal judge on March 12 granted summary judgment to the Bush
I will be hosting an INTA Roundtable on INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES: A TRADEMARK PRACTITIONER’S POINT OF VIEW at the Trademark Blog World Headquarters, also known as the offices of Moses & Singer, in the Chrysler Buidling in midtown Manhattan, April 14. Register through INTA. Attendance is limited. Discussion outline here.
The Legal Satyricon: “Is GoDaddy A Mass Cybersquatter?“:
These pay-per-click pages and their operators are the parasites of the internet. I love when they put some goddamned phrase at the top like “find something interesting” or “helping you find what you need.”
Far from “helping you find what you need,” these sites do
Adult website model wants domain name back. Coverage here.
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I suppose I’m giving away my reaction to the decision. Murdoch announced the Fox Business Channel on February 8, 2007. Respondent registered FOXBUSINESSNETWORK.COM that same day, but alleged prior use dating back to 2002. Decide for yourself (by the way, this is an ’embedded’ document using the Scribd iPaper service. The button in the upper
CircleID: “The Liabilities for the Corporations and/or their Lawyers“:
This post is based on the scenario that a trademark.tld domain name is registered with a UK ICANN accredited registrar, (they have an exclusive UK jurisdiction clause in their contracts), the trademark.tld criticism website located at that domain name is strictly non-commercial, the servers
Russia Profile: “Trademark Squatters Profit at the Expense of Multinationals“:
Starbucks is one of hundreds of foreign brands that have become targets of Russian trademark squatters. The American company first registered its trademark in the country in 1997, but did not open any stores here because of the economic crisis in 1998. The
