Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming to have made 200 BTC ($760,000) through ‘typosquatting’ criminal dark web sites on the Tor network, over the past four years. The scammer says 800 … [Read more...]
Francois Carrillo looks to have retained ADO.com
A little less than 1 year ago, Francois Carrillo of Domaining.com, lost ADO.com in a UDRP. Many wrote about the decision from DNW, to Gerald Levine and I wrote a piece here as well that looked at a deeper potential problem with logos. It seems like Francois successfully settled out of court and has now retained ADO.com. TRTL.com broke down the whole timeline and it looks like Francois … [Read more...]
Over 1 million websites seized by ICE in an operation spanning the globe
On the ICE.gov website the organization reported the seizing of more than 1 million domain names that were infringing on intellectual property and selling counterfeit items. From the release: WASHINGTON – More than 1 million copyright-infringing website domain names selling counterfeit automotive parts, electrical components, personal care items and other fake goods were criminally and … [Read more...]
It would have been better to lose this UDRP
The registrant of JustBulbs.com was able to win two (1, and 2) UDRP decisions, 11 years apart. But 3 years later they ended up losing the domain name, $50,000 and attorney's fees in an ACPA court case. Gerald Levine wrote about the case here. What I also found was the lawyer who represented the company bringing legal action vs Greg Ricks, the domain owner, taking great pride in their … [Read more...]
Sometimes you get too greedy and lose a UDRP
So here is an interesting story on GeekWire.com (tip of the cap to Namepros Member Mems). TitleTownTech.com was a domain sought after by the Green Bay Packers. According to the article: The Packers apparently reached out via a service to anonymously engage the Harris family in September after discovering the domain name had been “just two weregistered eks before.” The team offered $5,000 for … [Read more...]
French State wins dispute with regards to ‘France.com’ trademark
Worldipreview.com published an article (initially posted on TBO) that the France.com tm case has been resolved in favor of the French state. From the article: In December 2014, the French State opposed the application based on its figurative international registration for ‘France’ (number 1032440) where the word appears underneath an image of the Eiffel Tower, with a French flag in the middle … [Read more...]
CQD.com owner should be following the playbook used by MLA.com
With all the discussion and things brought to light with the CQD.com case, I took a look back at some domain thefts that were covered by publications outside the domain industry. The Huffington Post took a rather bleak stance with the following headline, "When Hackers Steal A Web Address, Few Owners Ever Get It Back" Jonathan Askin, a technology law professor at Brooklyn Law School, was … [Read more...]
