There was an article published today by Gerald Levine on Ip Legal Corner, that highlights what is a disturbing trend for domain owners who have legitimate rights to their domain. It was generally considered that if you registered a domain, say in 1998, and a company came along in 2008 with a trademark, you could easily show there was no bad faith in the registration unless you could foresee the … [Read more...]
ICANN Says Brands Are At Risk of Domain Abuse
Katy Bachman at AdWeek did a piece on ICANN and their statement that brands are at risk of domain abuse. They are warning brands to protect their intellectual property by using the Trademark Clearing House. The article mentions that many brands are not rushing to pay the $150/year per domain fee to register each brand. From the article: Try to follow this. Icann, the international … [Read more...]
German Court Says Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website
A ruling came out of Germany that could make registrars have to do a lot more work to earn their pay. Loek Essers wrote an article today on PC Advisor covering the case of Universal Music vs Key-Systems. A domain name registrar can be held liable for the copyright infringements of a website it registered if it is obvious the domain is used for infringements and the registrar does nothing to … [Read more...]
There are 700,000 daily reasons why King.com is trying to Crush other game developers
King.com tries to explain they are not really looking to crush the competition but rather make sure they are protected. Over the last couple days stories have come out about the maker of the famous Candy Crush Saga game trademarking the word "Candy" for video games and clothing, and they are also looking to trademark the word "Saga". King made a statement about the Saga situation, King has not … [Read more...]
Now the Makers of Candy Crush Saga Want to trademark the word Saga
On Monday we wrote about King Studios and their trademarking of the word Candy. The company seemed to be going out and trying to enforce the mark even though its still open for opposition at the USPTO. King also received a trademark for Candy in Europe as well. In article out today on Complex.com Hanuman Welch writes that King seems to be looking to protect the word "Saga" The author brings … [Read more...]
Candy Crush Maker Now Looks To Crush The Competition With Trademark
King.com the company behind the popular Candy Crush Saga was awarded a registered trademark for the word Candy as it relates to video games and clothing. Yes clothing. Here is a link to the TM at the USPTO One important thing to note is there still could be opposition. In the filing it says under status, Status: Approved by the examining attorney for publication but has not yet … [Read more...]