By J. DeVoy Vegas Inc., which provides excellent coverage of Las Vegas’ legal developments (such as its remarkable dedication to the Righthaven saga), reports on a lawsuit filed by the
Lets say you go to the website “abercrombieandfitchstore.com.” What would you expect to find there? Probably not what you see below. That’s cybersquatting, and it is illegal. Abercrombie & Fitch
Some dumbass registered thousands of typosquatting domains. A handful of them were typosquatting on Microsoft’s trademarks, so Microsoft sued him for $2.4 million. Now the dumbass wants to just hand
Cybersquatters often either hide offshore, or they claim to be offshore, or they claim that they don’t have any money — ergo they are “judgment proof.” Well, Marc Trachtenberg, the
I finally took a stab at filing a UDRP proceeding with the Czech Arbitration Court (my previous go-to was WIPO, and I’d never use NAF). What attracted me? Online filing!
The Domains Blog gives a report on how GoDaddy is not only selling domain names that clearly infringe on trademark rights, but selling certified appraisals of those domains. The Domains
We have all bumped into pay-per-click sites while looking for actually useful information. You know these sites. You type in a domain name, fully expecting to find a useful website,
Should you press forward when the respondent surrenders in a UDRP proceeding? At least one UDRP panelist thinks you shouldn’t. In Laerdal Medical v. Lee, WIPO Case No. D2007-1672 (Jan.
Marty Schwimmer over at the Trademark Blog reports on a recent trademark infringement case filed by Cleanflicks. I noticed a rather interesting issue in the complaint. The plaintiff includes a
This should be useful for anyone trying to understand the typosquatting business, or who has to explain it to a judge or a legislator who isn’t so versed in the
The Arbitration Court at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication (PCITT) has ruled in favor of Google in a dispute over the gmail.com.pl domain name. (The PCITT is
Zuccarini is at it again! Notorious typosquatter, John Zuccarini is in trouble again — this time with the Federal Trade Commission. They just imposed a $164K fine on the Moby
