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At what point does it become ok to own a reported stolen domain name?

August 10, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

There is quite the discussion going on at Namepros with regards to a domain name that was first reported stolen in 2007. Provenance is important in things like art and domain names. In an interview with Giuseppe Graziano, Nat Cohen was asked the following? What do you think needs to happen for the domain industry to outgrow its current status and for domains to become a widely held … [Read more...]

All things UDRP – an interview with Gerald M. Levine

August 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

Gerald M. Levine is the author of a critically acclaimed treatise on trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, and the creator of a widely read Blog on domain name disputes and cybersquatting arbitrated under the UDRP and URS implemented by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and analyzing the jurisprudence that has developed in that area of the … [Read more...]

There is a lot of naming speculation going on in the Sports world

July 23, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

There are a lot of name discussions going on in the world of sports. The Washington Football team retired their name after major brands threatened to pull out of sponsorship deals if a change was not made. Seattle has a new hockey team and they ended up going with a name I was hearing about from the very start, KRAKEN. The new team will be the Seattle Kraken. Kraken.com is a cryptocurrency … [Read more...]

It’s not just domain squatting but trademark squatting as well

July 13, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

The Washington football team of the NFL will be making an announcement today that they will being moving on from the name "Redskins" The new name will not be announced today but there has been a lot of speculation. Some have thought Washington Warriors, the interesting thing here, Daniel Snyder the majority owner of the Washington football organization, had purchased the rights to a Washington … [Read more...]

Googles vs Google

July 11, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

It seems before the search juggernaut came along there was a children's company called Googles Children’s Workshop. In 1997 they registered the trademark GOOGLES. They of course also registered the domain name Googles.com. The website did not launch until 1998 when that little company in Mountain View came on the scene. While they have many tm's Google's first tm looks to have been given in … [Read more...]

“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”

July 2, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man's opinion, but John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal disputes. In a series of posts at Namepros John has commented that, "The UDRP rules will never be amended in a manner that is favorable to domain … [Read more...]

Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling

July 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things. They also put out a press release. Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court "Booking.com" … [Read more...]

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