The bill entitled: “Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act” sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) passed a US Senate panel this morning by a 19-0 vote. Such organizations such as Electronic Frontier…
Category: Legal
Federal Court Awards Domain Holder Common Law Trademark Right & Orders Registrar To Return Domains
In what could be one of the most important legal decisions of the year for domain holders, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that a domainer hold…
You Think Facebook Is Bad? Walgreens Sues Over The Letter “W’
If you think Facebook.com has been overly aggressive in its defense of their trademark going against sites starting with the word “Face” or ending in the word “Book” you should see the…
Lesson From National A-1: If Your Operating Sites You Should Consider Separating Them
Although it still does not appear that any charges have been filed out of the Feds raid on National A-1 offices a couple of weeks ago, that event does take me back…
This One Won’t Be Going To Court: Schilling’s NameAdmin Wins A UDRP On SleepSack.com
Yesterday we posted about a that Name Administration settled a case it filed after it lost a UDRP on the domain name ChilliBeans.com Today comes a UDRP decision that Frank’s not going…
After Trademark Threat, LameBook.com Files Preemptive Suit Against FaceBook.com
TechCrunch this morning is reporting that a site called LameBook filed for a declaratory judgment in its home state of Texas against Facebook.com asking the court to find it is not infringing…
Win The Battle But Lose The War: ChilliBeans.com UDRP Still Sticks As A Loser & That’s The Problem
I got the same message from Frank’s Name Administration today that they settled a lawsuit stemming from the UDRP loss on the domain name ChilliBeans.com While like the other bloggers who wrote…