It appears Zynga believes it owns the exclusive right to any game ending in the term: "Ville" According to Gameranx.com, Zygna filed a federal law suit last Friday against Kobojo the maker of the game, PyramidVille. Zynga says in their complaint: "Facebook users are likely to believe, erroneously, that PYRAMIDVILLE is a member of Zynga's 'VILLE Family of Games,” In a statement Zynga … [Read more...]
ICM Responds To The Manwin Anti-Trust Amended Complaint On .XXX & Asks The Court To Dismiss It Again
ICM filed a motion to dismiss Manwin's complaint for Anti-Trust on the .XXX extension for a second time yesterday. (You can read the motion to dismiss again here). Here are some of the highlights of the Motion to Dismiss: ""Even though it is their second try, Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint fails to state a claim and should be dismissed." "The Amend Complaint is (like the original … [Read more...]
UDRP Thinks 32x.com Is “Identical or Confusingly Similar” to TM For 32Red & Gives Away The Domain
Well another day another horrible decision A three member UDRP panel just gave away the domain name 32x.com to the Trademark holder of 32Red. I have no idea of how 32x.com is "Identical or Confusingly Similar" to a trademark for 32Red but that is what the panel found. The panel also disregarded the fact that the complaints waited some six years before bringing the complaint. John … [Read more...]
BREAKING: BuyDomains.com Takes The FACI.com UDRP Decision To Federal Court
Last week we told you that BuyDomains.com lost a UDRP on the domain name FACI.com in a poorly reasoned decision. Yesterday Rare Names, Inc, d/b/a BuyDomains.com filed a federal court action in the Massachusetts District Court against the UDRP complainants, Foster, Andrew & Co., Inc. and FACI Industries Corporation. Since a UDRP is not technically appeal-able, but a new action, BuyDomains … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on A 3 Letter Domain, SMA.com Owned By A Non-Domainer
A UDRP has just been filed by SMA Solar Technology AG for the three letter domain, SMA.com Here's the really scary part The owner of the domain is not a domainer. The domain is owned by Specialized Micro Architects, a company's who initials match the domain SMA. The domain was first registered in 1995. The oldest record on DomainTools.com for the domain is from 2001 and at that time … [Read more...]
5 ISP’s In Britian Are Ordered To Shut Down The Pirate Bay
The High Court in England ruled today that 5 of the UK's largest internet service providers (ISP's) have been ordered to prevent their subscribers from accessing the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. The five ISP's are Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media. According to zdnet.co.uk, blocking will "come into place over the course of the next few weeks" "The High … [Read more...]
Hermes Gets $100 Million Dollar Damage Award Against 34 Sites Selling Fake Goods & Judge Orders De-Indexing
According to sfgate.com, A Federal Court in New York just awarded Hermes International $100 million dollars in damages against 34 websites that sold fake copies of its goods. The fake goods were for "at least nine Hermes products including Birkin and Kelly handbags, wallets, watches, belts and jewelry". Some of the websites were: HermesBags- … [Read more...]