CITY BANK (not CitiBank) whose site is CityBankOnline.com and CityBankTexas.com, represented by Kristi Dent of Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, Texas, USA was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The domain in question was CityBank.com. The three member panel UDRP panel of Fernando Triana, Esq, James A. Carmodym, and Dennis A. Foster, Esq said on the issue of RDNH: ""In … [Read more...]
Strong View Systems Accuses Salesforce.com of Trademark Infringement over Social Studio, Neither Own The .Com/Net/Org
There is a battle brewing between software companies Salesforce.com and Strong View Systems. The battle is over a recently launched product from Salesforce.com called, Social Studio. The product was launched in May and Strong View Systems has had a trademark on the name since 2010. The domain name SocialStudio.com has been registered at Network Solutions since 1999, the domain is just a Network … [Read more...]
USPTO Refuses Apple Trademark Application on Touch ID
Patently Apple posted a piece about the USPTO refusing the trademark application of Apple for the term "Touch ID." Apparently the application was denied over likelihood of confusion. The domain name TouchId.com is registered to a company in the Cayman Islands (Not Name Administration), it was registered 13 years ago. The domain is parked. From the article: Today, the US Patent & … [Read more...]
Napster.FM Hit With a UDRP by Rhapsody
A name from the past is back in the news, this time the second coming of Napster located at Napster.Fm was hit with a UDRP by online subscription service Rhapsody International, Inc. Rhapsody owns Napster.com and purchased the company a few years back. Napster.FM has been registered since March of 2012 by Napster.fm LLC. The website does not look to be operable as the top menu is blurred out … [Read more...]
WordPress has had it with bogus DMCA Takedown Requests
Ernesto wrote a piece on Torrent Freak about Automattic the company behind WordPress and their case seeking $10,000 related to a misuse of the DMCA takedown process. The case in question involved Oliver Hotham who wrote an article about “Straight Pride UK” which included a comment he received from the organization’s press officer Nick Steiner. Steiner did not like the article and sent WordPress … [Read more...]
Ad Impersonation Is The New Click Fraud
Lori Weiman wrote an interesting piece on Search Engine Land a few hours ago, the article focused on a different type of click fraud. PPC Ad impersonation occurs when an impostor advertiser takes a well known website address, and uses it as the display URL of their own advertisement. From the article: When you first hear about PPC fraud rings, you tend to think of click fraud where an … [Read more...]
Sónar Purchases SonarFestival.com
We always cover stories when a trademark holder over reaches and tries to stake claim to a domain through UDRP instead of entering into a transaction with the registrant. In this post we are taking a look at a company that went out and purchased the name instead of going the UDRP route. Now whether or not a UDRP would have been a victory remains to be seen. Sonar is a music festival that was … [Read more...]