A slight change of one word could open the door for domain registrant rights to evaporate over time. Currently ICANN is looking at a Preliminary Issue Report on Access by IGOs (Inter Governmental Organization )and INGOs (Inter Non Governmental Organization) to the Curative Rights Protections of the UDRP and URS. You can read all the comments here. The Intellectual Property Constituency (“IPC”) … [Read more...]
Russell Pangborn in as new CEO at Marksmen
Marksmen Names Russell Pangborn new CEO Brand protection firm Marksmen, Inc. announced that founder Ken Taylor will become a consultant to the company as Russell Pangborn takes over at the helm. Pangborn previously had been at Microsoft where he was their Assistant General Counsel in charge of trademarks. The company put out a press release: Marksmen, Inc., a worldwide leader in brand … [Read more...]
Swatch Plans to Fight Apple on Trademark for “iWatch”
Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac did a piece on Swiss watch maker Swatch stating that they will look to fight Apple on trademarking "iWatch". Now Apple already has trademarked the term in Japan, Mexico and Turkey according to the article. From the article: The company is seeking to block Apple trademarks for the name “iWatch” because of its own line of watches called “ISwatch.” A representative for … [Read more...]
Will The NFL try to stamp out love ?
Looking for Love In Green Bay? The domain name GreenBayPackersLovers.com was registered last month, the domain is under privacy. The website is already up and running and actually got a bit of press on Yahoo Sports today. Anwar S. Richardson wrote, It is hard being single and searching for the perfect companion. Your so-called friends try to set you up on dates with people who are only … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Going To Court in India over Copyright/Trademark Infringement
Go Daddy is going to have to go to court in India regarding a claim by the National Stock Exchange and their online trading platform. It is hard to see how Go Daddy has liability in this case as they are not profiting from the sales of software, but I am not a lawyer and I am not well versed in Indian law. LiveMint reported: Mumbai: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has dragged global domain … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Off The Hook in Revenge Porn Case
So back in January of 2013 a class action suit was filed against the revenge porn website Texxxan.com, GoDaddy who hosted the website, its uploaders and its subscribers. Eric Goldman who regularly contributes to Forbes on intellectual property law and Internet law, said at the time he felt the case was weak. Now to give some context Mr. Goldman has been a staunch proponent of 47 USC 230, section … [Read more...]
Company Loses Battle to Get Critical Website Taken Down
There has been a lot of discussion about the coming .sucks new gtld and some of the potential pricing that could potentially come with it. Other extensions coming down the pipeline have gotten less publicity but certainly fall in a similar camp. .Fail,.Exposed,.Gripe and .WTF are all extensions that no company or person really wants to be associated with to the left of the dot. Brands IMO … [Read more...]