Last week we reported that a Texas company, Firepond, filed a federal lawsuit against Google, seeking class action status over allowing the sale of the sale of keywords under trademarked terms, for…
Month: May 2009
Toxic.com Makes a Return Visit To NameJet.com & Its Not The Only One
Toxic.com which was auctioned off by NameJet.com on May 4th with a high bid of $56,566, is back at auction at NameJet.com after the bidder failed to pay for the domain. The…
“The Privatization of the English Language” & Why That is Very Bad News For You
Over at ZenHabits, a insanely popular blog with an Alex Ranking of 15K , Leo Babauta, the author talked about what appears to be the privatization of the English language through trademark…
Online Drugstore Massive Criminal Trial Ends In Florida With All Charges Dropped
The government originally charged 13 defendants in a 2007, in an indictment in connection with the dispensing of prescription medications and diet drugs on the Internet through a series of websites under…
Another Huge Brand Goes On The Auction Block
The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved procedures for the sale of the intellectual property of home furnishings and jewelry retailer Fortunoff, including the domain, Fortunoff.com. The…
ICANN Issues Advsiory To Customers Of OnlineNic.com: You Can Transfer Your Domains
Over the past days readers to this blog have left comments regarding their inability to transfer domains they had registered at OnlineNic.com to any other registrar. I sent these comments over to…
Google Changes Its Policy To Allow Advertisers To Use Trademark Terms In Ad Text
The other day we wrote about Google announcing a new policy that would allow advertisers to buy trademarked keywords. We also wrote about a class action suit that was filed this week…