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TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google

July 5, 2013 by Michael Berkens

Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they have a nightmare on their hands when it comes to domain names.

Take Google.

In June 2013 we found 977 .com/.net domain names were registered that contained the word “Google” of these only 8 seemed to be registered by Google which uses domain registrar/brand protection company MarkMonitor.com to handle their domain registrations.

So that’s 969 domain names in one month just in the .com and .net extensions.  Obviously there are 20 other TLD and hundreds of country codes as well.

Of course Google has a lot of brands and a lot of trademarks and this only covers the one brand of Google.

If Google wanted to go after all these domain names in a UDRP it would cost them $1,500 a pop not including attorney fees, which would total some $1.5 Million dollars and that is just for June’s names only for .com and for .net.

That’s a lot of wasted money.

You could see how a company like Google would get pretty tired of paying millions of dollars in filing fees alone each month to go after people and domains they had no right to register in the first place.

Also consider registrants are from all over the world and a ton of the registrations are under privacy.

Over 100 domain names were just for the new Google Glass product:

googleglass-review.com
googleglassactivewear.com
googleglassanti-theft.com
googleglassappdesign.com
googleglassappreview.com
googleglassapps1.com
googleglassapps4u.com
googleglassappsearch.com
googleglassappsnyc.com
googleglassargentina.com
googleglassbbs.com
googleglassbeta.com
googleglassbling.com
googleglassbluetooth.com
googleglassbrasil.net
googleglasscamera.com
googleglasscanada.com
googleglasscare.com
googleglasschargershop.com
googleglassco.com
googleglasscommunity.com
googleglassconnect.com
googleglassconsulting.com
googleglasscraze.com
googleglassdev.net
googleglassdiary.com
googleglassdirections.com
googleglassdomains.com
googleglassdr.com
googleglassebay.com
googleglasses4u.com
googleglassesapps4u.com
googleglassesexplorer.com
googleglasseshop.com
googleglassesnow.com
googleglassesnowonsale.com
googleglassesonsalenow.com
googleglassespov.com
googleglassesrepair.net
googleglassessex.com
googleglassessupplier.com
googleglassevolution.com
googleglassextreme.com
googleglassfails.com
googleglassfinancing.com
googleglassforsale.net
googleglassfunding.com
googleglassfuture.com
googleglassgal.com
googleglassgalore.net
googleglassgem.com
googleglassgig.com
googleglassgigs.com
googleglassgiveaway.com
googleglassglobal.com
googleglassgod.com
googleglassguild.com
googleglasshackers.com
googleglasshealthcare.com
googleglasshk.com
googleglassinfo.net
googleglassinstructions.com
googleglassinterface.com
googleglassjammer.com
googleglasslaunch.com
googleglasslawsuit.com
googleglasslawsuits.com
googleglasslens.net
googleglasslover.com
googleglasslovers.com
googleglasslovers.net
googleglassman.com
googleglassmasters.com
googleglassmedical.com
googleglassmeet.com
googleglassmeetup.com
googleglassmixer.com
googleglassmontreal.com
googleglassnation.com
googleglassneworleans.com
googleglassnola.com
googleglassnosepad.com
googleglassnowonsale.com
googleglassnz.com
googleglassonsalenow.com
googleglassoutdoors.com
googleglassoutlet.net
googleglasspeople.com
googleglassplayservices.com
googleglasspornapp.com
googleglassprescription.net
googleglassprice.net
googleglassretailers.com
googleglassreviewsite.com
googleglassrevolution.net
googleglassscam.com
googleglasssconnect.com
googleglassseo.com
googleglasssf.com
googleglassshopper.com
googleglassshoppers.com
googleglasssignup.com
googleglassski.com
googleglassskin.com
googleglasssnowboard.com
googleglassspy.com
googleglassstickers.com
googleglassstudy.com
googleglassstuff.com
googleglasssummit.com
googleglasssurgery.com
googleglasssurvey.com
googleglassteam.com
googleglasstechnology.com
googleglasstoha.com
googleglasstoronto.com
googleglasstourguide.com
googleglasstraining.com
googleglasstranslator.com
googleglasstrends.com
googleglassupdates.net
googleglassupgrades.com
googleglassvancouver.com
googleglassvideos.net
googleglasswareapps.com
googleglasswarez.com
googleglasswork.com
googleglassworldwide.com

Here is a full list of the registered .com/.net domain names that were june (pdf)

 

 

Filed Under: Domains, Google, Legal

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

  1. Domo Sapiens says

    July 5, 2013 at 8:42 am

    I wonder what’s going to happen when hundreds of open New gTLDs come out …?

    Whoa!

  2. Alan says

    July 5, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    @Also consider registrants are from all over the world and a ton of the registrations are under privacy.

    Surely there must be some type of technology to find out who registered them.

  3. Louise says

    July 5, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    Registrars practice No Liability economics, because they could flag those trademark domains, just like Estibot does

    exact trademark issue with GOOGLE on the term ‘google glass bbs’ – Probability: 100.0% – Risk: 10/10

    but it would likely cut into their profits to lose those registrations.

    That’s why ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTSAND SCIENCES v. GODADDY.COM, INC. [Case 2:10-cv-03738-ABC-CW] is an interesting case, because

    In a first-of-its-kind cybersquatting lawsuit, GoDaddy is denied safe harbor protection for allowing customers to collect money after “parking” domains like academyawardz.com

    – hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/film-academy-nears-trial-godaddy-574495

    “The safe harbor provision simply does not apply to conduct, like operating the Parked Pages Program, that goes beyond mere registration and maintenance,” adds the judge. “Furthermore, a registrar’s mere bad faith intent to profit – as opposed to actual profit – is sufficient to disqualify it from safe harbor protection.”

    Beautiful reasoning from Judge Audrey Collins. Go get ’em, Academy Awards!

  4. unknowndomainer says

    July 5, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    I know of a financial firm that sets aside over $10m + for domain management annually.

    A registrar cannot determine fair usage when a name is registered so the mere presence of a TM in the name is irrelevant. The issue with GoDaddy and the Academy, as I am aware, is not faulting the company as a registrar but with its Cash Parking business. This makes much more sense as now there are additional factors that can be considered:

    Domain Name

    The Usage – It is parked (which still might be bona fide business however unlikely with a fresh registration)

    Relevant Ads Displayed

    Parking has always been a dangerous game for domains due to potential loss but this could potentially make it worse through significant fines to the PARKING company. I’m not sure Bodis, Voodoo, etc. could be sustainable after a few $100K lawsuits.

  5. Louise says

    July 5, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    Parking has always been a dangerous game for domains due to potential loss

    Individual domain investors are always liable – what about the Registrar, that immediately points a new registration to its parking, seeking revenue to the tune of $1000’s daily? Why should the Registrar not be liable?

  6. unknowndomainer says

    July 6, 2013 at 1:47 am

    “Why should the Registrar not be liable?”

    The registrar should not be held liable as a registrar.
    The registrar might arguably be held liable as a parking company.

    However, the way it would be structured would be to let it be known in the terms and conditions that parking is the default and with a clause holding them not liable. This would force registrants to actually read the terms and condition and opt out which wouldn’t happen.

    The reality is that the registrant is ultimately responsible for the usage of the domain they have registered while they have control of it. To try and push blame up the chain seems like typical legal procedures to hit the deeper pockets.

  7. Michael Berkens says

    July 6, 2013 at 9:01 am

    There is a case we have been following involving the Academy Awards (Oscars) that is suing and Godaddy and it soon headed to trial so we will see

    You can read more about that

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/godaddy-alleges-oscars-arent-famous-432663

  8. Louise says

    July 6, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    To try and push blame up the chain seems like typical legal procedures to hit the deeper pockets.

    It evolved that Registrars profit over other’s intellectual property, their hand regs, without necessarily the registrant’s knowledge, by pointing immediately to a parked page. Not only does the Registrar profit, but it can see what kind of traffic the hand reg receives, and assess its value . . . As the judge points out in the recent ruling whereby Godaddy keeps seeking to have the case dismissed, Godaddy shouldn’t be granted safe harbor, because pointing to a parked page with intent to profit is outside the scope of a mere registration.

    @ MHB, from the June 25th Hollywood Reporter article, hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/film-academy-nears-trial-godaddy-574495 , it seems the latest update is June 21st the Judge ruled Godaddy doesn’t receive safe harbor, in Godaddy’s latest attempt to get the case dismissed.

  9. Louise says

    July 6, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    We’ll look forward to news on theDomains as the case pushes forward. Registrars getting into the domain business is anti-competitive, IMO. I’m done with the TaxElitism hat for now. I am going to put a new hat to post a headline in the 3D thread.


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