According to Reuters Venezuela is the latest country that plans regulate the Internet. A bill presented to parliament on Thursday will place limits on content in “electronic media” according to the time…
Category: Legal
RightHaven Sues To Gets The DrudgeReport.com Domain Name
According to Wired.com, the company RightHaven LLC which goes after blogs and publications for “unauthorized” use of copyrighted material has now filed suit against the DrudgeReport.com and seeks as part of the…
WIPO Panel Denies Trademark Holder a Domain That Hadn’t Been Used in 6 years: WebVision.com
A one member panel decision denied the complaint of the trademark holder on the domain name webvision.com What makes the case interesting is that the domain appearently been inactive since 2004 until…
WIPO: Xpand.com: Offering The Domain For Sale To The Highest Bidder is A Bona Fide Offering Of Goods/Services”
In a WIPO case decided today on the domain name, xpand.com, a three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holder despite a trademark, the domain being parked and the domain…
WIPO Panel Denies Relief To Previous Owner Of Prince.com Who Alleged Theft Of His Domain
Back In October we told you that the former owner of the domain name Prince.com filed a UDRP, seeking return of the domain which he claimed was stolen and resold. Today a…
WikiLeaks Isn’t Down, They Have Just Moved
Elliotsblog.com is reporting this morning that WikiLeaks.org and .com are both down. Godaddy.com has appeared to bow to public objection to them benefiting from the typo traffic to the .com. However the…
More Fallout From Domain Seizures: Huge Torrent Site Demonoid.com Preemptively Changes To a .Me To Avoid Seizure
A huge torrent site, Demonoid.com announced yesterday that it was preemptively moving itself from a .com address to a .me to prevent seizure by the US Government. .Me is a ccTLD whose…