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…
Category: Legal
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…