Trademarks, domain registrations and naming your company with Covid continue to move forward. Trademarks filed for things like CovidLivesMatter, (the .com was actually registered in March 2020). ICLG.com published an article that gives a deep dive to all 3 components in one place. The author noted a lot of legal from around the world are condemning these trademark registrations. From … [Read more...]
BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?
Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote about Barclays redirecting their .com to .barclays. They said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said … [Read more...]
Some interesting coronavirus trademark filings
Intellectual property wise all the discussion regarding Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has centered on domain names. Taking a look at just one day's worth of bad domain name registrations can make one cringe at the waste of money. I took a quick look at the United States Patent and Trademark Office to see what gems are being considered for trademarks. I SURVIVED THE RONA CORONAVIRUS 2020 … [Read more...]
If you are not familiar with The EARN IT Act you might want to get familiar
If you are not familiar with EARN IT a law proposed by Attorney General William Barr and sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), you better get familiar with it. Publications around the world are sounding the alarm bells. EFF - Imagine an Internet where the law required every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. Companies … [Read more...]
Microsoft faces legal challenge on brand name Azure
An Indian firm known as Azure Knowledge Corporation is taking Microsoft to court over the name Azure. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service. Apparently the India based company has been doing business since 1996. Microsoft did not start using Azure in India until 2014. TheHinduBusinessOnline.com wrote: The civil suit, filed last month at the City Civil Court here, is about the … [Read more...]
Masterhold prevails in year long battle for domain name
World Trademark Review posted a decision on a case that took over a year to get resolved. Masterhold.ru was the domain name in question. In 2018 LLC Masterhold lodged a complaint alleging that Kornev’s use of its domain name ‘masterhold.ru’ and MASTERHOLD and МАСТЕРХОЛД was illegal as these were confusingly similar to LLC Masterhold’s means of individualisation. On 15 October 2018, … [Read more...]
Datacom Group Limited not happy with RDNH ruling
Data is everything in today's world and a name like Datacom is a very strong brand. Down under it seems like a couple different companies have been using the name for decades. The names in question are <datacomaccounting.net.au> and <datacom.net.au> One company got hit with a judgement of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The case was between Datacom Group Limited and Datacom … [Read more...]