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…
Category: Legal
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…