In a unusual case, James Solakian a shareholder who owns 28% of Bible.com filed suit against the board directors of the company alleging breach of their fiduciary duty by refusing to sell…
Category: Legal
Vertical Axis Beats Back WIPO Challenge on BabyEssentials.com Despite 8 Trademarks & A Parked Page
Vertical Axis Inc beat back a challenge, from a trademark holder to successfully defend a UDRP on BabyEssentials.com. Its an impressive win since the complainant seems to have mulitple trademarks on the…
Nominet Takes .Co.Uk Gripe Site Domain Away, Gives It To The Trademark Holder But The Site Is Relaunched Hours Later As A .Org
Nominet is the registry for the .co.uk, ccTLD. Nominet has its own procedures to arbitrate disputes between domain holders and trademark holders. In a 22 page decision today, Nominet awarded a domain…
Generic Domain Taken In A WIPO Without A Trademark: ErgonomicDesigns.com
Well last week domain holders got 2 nice WIPO decisions but as we all know how inconsistent these decisions can be. Today come’s a sole panelist decision awarding a Generic domain name…
WIPO Panel Finds Bad Faith Must Exist At The Time Of Registration
A WIPO case decided today had some good language concerning the issue of “bad faith” for purposes of UDRP’s. Although the facts of this particular case will be of little interest to…
CollegeNet Sues Google Over SpeedBook But Neither Has The Domain
According to TechEye.net, an Oregon company, CollegeNet filed suit against Google, alleging that they infringed on its trademark of the term “Speedbook”. “The lawsuit, claims that Google has filed for a trademark of…
ParkingSpa.com Wins UDRP on Thea.Com/Net Despite Trademark & Being Parked
Parking Spa and legendary domainer igal won a three person WIPO panel decision today on the domain names Thea.com & Thea.net. The decision is a good one for domainers since the Complainant…