According to SeattlePI.com Microsoft has filed three lawsuits in the past two weeks against people registering domain names using the Bing trademark. All the 3 cases, were filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. According to the article many of the domain subject to the suits either redirected to PPC pages, to non-resolving sites or registrar … [Read more...]
Another Domain Theft: UDRP On Prince.com Filed With Owner Alleging The Domain Was Stolen
The former owner of the domain name Prince.com, Andrew Prince has filed a UDRP on the domain, claiming the domain which was sold by Mediaoptions.com for $235,000 in August was stolen. The domain is currently at Moniker.com showing the buyers whois info but is locked by the registry so the respondent of the UDRP (as it is referred to below) is Moniker.com This follows on the story of Chris … [Read more...]
Another Generic Taken In A WIPO: AfricaTours.Fr
A One person WIPO Panel awarded the domain AfricaTours.FR to the trademark holder of this very generic term. The facts the panel found were are follows The complainant is a tour operator who is to marketing travel online, including under the trademark Africatours In July 2010, it attempted to acquire the disputed domain name africatours.fr. and following an exchange of emails, the … [Read more...]
Kentucky Supreme Court Says Trade Groups Still Do Not Have Standing To Contest Domain Name Seizures
According to Gamblingcompliance.com, the Supreme Court of Kentucky "ruled yesterday that two trade groups representing over 60 of the internet addresses in question did not have standing to litigate on behalf of those addresses or their owners." Back In March of this year, the owners of TruePoker.com allowed the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association and the Interactive … [Read more...]
Uk Company EasyGroup Seems To Think It Own The Word “Easy” As Its Claims EasyDate Is Infringing On Their Mark
According to several news sources, a UK company, EasyGroup has notified another public UK company, EasyDate that it is infringing on its intellectual property Easy Group which owns intellectual property rights for the family of trade marks used by a group of companies which includes easyJet, easyHotel, easyCar, easyBus, easyJobs, easyVan, easyOffice and easy.com. easyGroup says they also … [Read more...]
What The Anti Privacy Bill Means To Domainers
Yesterday several blogs reported on the bill proposed yesterday entitled the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act". (pdf) I spent a while today reviewing the bill to see what if any effect it could have on domainers. I also chatted with Phil Corwin general counsel that represents the Internet Commerce Association about the proposed law. Here are my thoughts: As I read … [Read more...]
Federal Court Finds “6 Hour Power” Does Not Infringe on “5 Hour Energy” Trademark
A Federal Court turned down the complaint of "5 hour Energy" against another energy drink called "6 Hour Power" for trademark infringement. The court engages in an interesting discussion of trademark law outside of the normal realm of UDRP that we have gotten used to and as we see in Federal Court decisions they use a whole different line of reasoning that UDRP. "The Lanham Act prohibits … [Read more...]