Melbourne IT the registrar/brand protection company published a paper that “makes the case that, despite the current protections ICANN has put in place, there is still a set of High At-Risk Marks…
Category: Legal
Court Uses Case Of CFIT Vs. Verisign To Hammer ICM’s & ICANN’s Motion To Dismiss Manwin Claims
A federal court made a ruling in the case involving Manwin, the owner of YouPorn.com, brought against ICM, the operator of the .XXX extension, and ICANN the non-profit organization which gave ICM…
Class Action Suit Filed Against Microsoft For Overcharging For Pay Per Click Ads On Parked Domain Names
MediaPost.com is reporting that Microsoft has “been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly overcharging marketers for pay-per-click ads”. The suit was filed Wednesday in a federal court in Seattle by…
ICE Seizes 70 More Domains
According to an announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) today they “seized 70 websites that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise”. “The 70 websites seized are part of Project Copy Cat,…
The UDRP Should, Or Should Not Be The Forum To Recover Stolen Domains, How About Some Consistency Boys
As DomainNameWire.com just reminded me I have noted in past UDRP decisions that panels have been reluctant to allow domain holders to recoup ownership of their domain name through the UDRP process….
Meatloaf Files Suit Over Meatloaf.org Under ACPA & Asks For Domain + $100K
According to TMZ, the pop singer Meatloaf, whose real name is Michael Aday, filed suit against a “Dean Torkington in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming Torkington registered MeatLoaf.org in “bad faith,” and…
ICM Registry Operator of .XXX, Ask Court To Dismiss Manwin, Operator of YouPorn.com 2nd Amended Complaint
ICM Registry (ICM) , operator of the .XXX extension asked the court to dismiss the suit (pdf) brought by Manwin LICENSING, INTERNATIONAL, Operator of YouPorn.com against ICM and ICANN on antitrust grounds….