Next week on February 3 the GNSO (General Names Supporting Organization) of ICANN will take a vote on a motion that will determine whether ICANN will consider UDRP reform. The motion up for vote includes the following: ""RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of the UDRP. This effort should consider: How the UDRP has addressed the problem of … [Read more...]
UDRP panel Awards KENA.com & The Domain Name Owner Is Loses His $5K Purchase: “It Cannot Be Accounted For By Genericness”
In domain holder that paid over $5,000 for a LLLL.com today just lost it in a UDRP The case involved the domain name kena.com There have been some nice sales of LLLL.com just at Afternic recently recently making this a pretty valuable domain the right hands. Here is what the one member panel had to say: "Complainant has registered several KENA-formative trademarks on the register of … [Read more...]
Zynga Owner of Cityville and Farmville is Now Trying to Enforce Ownership Of the “Ville”
Looks like the game developer Zynga who owns CityVille and FarmVille is going down the same path of Facebook which has attempted to claim that they have ownership of the word Face and/or Book. In November of 2010, Zynga sent a cease and desist letter to the developer of the game Blingville, claiming its use of the letter combination 'ville' entails trademark infringement. Last week, … [Read more...]
“Purely Descriptive, Commonly Used” Generic Domain, PokerStrategy.co Taken In UDRP
A one member UDRP panel awarded the generic domain name PokerStrategy.co was awarded to the holder of the .com despite the one member panel finding the term Poker Strategy was a ""Purely Descriptive, Commonly Used" term. This decision should be particularly troubling to .Co domain owners as the language in the decision seems to indicate that any .Co maybe in jeopardy if the .Com domain holder … [Read more...]
WTR: Trademark Owners Plan to A Big Push For More Protection Before ICANN March Meeting
According to the WorldTrademarkReview.com, trademark holders are planning on making a big push for more protections for them and less rights for domain name holders during the ICANN board meets with the Government Advisory Council (GAC) next month before the ICANN March meeting in SF. The GAC is an ICANN advisory group made up of representatives from many governments. As we reported from the … [Read more...]
RightHaven Is Now Coming After Comment Posters Not Just Websites
According to the LasVegasSun.com "the copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC is now suing individual message-board posters, not just website operators." According to the story "Righthaven filed seven infringement lawsuits Tuesday and Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Nevada, lifting its lawsuit total since March to at least 203." "Among the defendants sued Monday were message … [Read more...]
AVN’s Legal Seminar: National A-1’s Escorts.com: “Justice Department Has No Interest In The Case”
As part of the AVN show in Las Vegas, there was a Legal Seminar held yesterday on issues of import to the adult community. According to AVN.com, One of the speakers Paul Cambria, who is one of the leading 1st amendment attorneys in the country, who has represented such diverse clients as Larry Flynt, DMX. and Marilyn Manson, spoke about the Escorts.com case and sites that carry ads for adult … [Read more...]