The court ordered auction of the domain name RightHaven.com started today on Snapnames.com As many of you are aware, RightHaven.com isn’t just a ordinary domain name. The story has been followed very…
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US Justice Dept Now Said “Not To Oppose Online Gambling Other Than On Sports”
According to a story in the New York Times, citing a memorandum from the US Justice Department issued in September but first made public on Friday, the US in a reversal of…
Facing A Boycott Godaddy Caves In On SOPA & Now “No Longer Supports It”
Wow that was quick. One day after a post on Reddit called for a boycott of Godaddy.com due to its support of the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), Godaddy.com just issued a…
Co-Founder Of Absolute Poker Pleads Guilty
In April of this year we told you that several gambling poker sites were seized by the Feds & the owners charged with a bunch of Federal crimes. Yesterday, the co-founder and…
Senators Asks The FTC To Investigate Google For Possible AntiTrust Violations
Two Senators, Herb Kohl, the Chairman of Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights along with Mike Lee, the ranking member of Subcommittee on AntiTrust sent a letter to the Chairman…
Vertical Axis Wins Two UDRP’s & Gets A Reverse Hijacking Finding On 1: Planate.com & Trucco.com
Vertical Axis, Inc. represented by ESQwire.com, just won a Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP against Planate Management Group LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, who bought a UDRP on the domain name Planate.com Also in…
Facebook Can Be Sued For Like Ads & Allows A Class Action Suit To Move Forward
In an interesting ruling last week a US District Judge allowed a class action lawsuit against Facebook’s to move forward against it over the practice of “sponsored stories”. Sponsored “stories,” create an…