According to the Milwaukee Journal, Best Buy has no love for the God Squad and is suing them for infringing on their trademark for the Geek Squad, even though the user of…
Category: Legal
Why Is Selling Ads On Trademarks OK For Google But Not For Domainers?
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) wrote an excellent article and published it on the ICA site last night. The article points out what we have talked about for quite…
Will Online Gambling Become Legal In The US? The “Internet Gambling … Act” Passes A House Committee
The Internet Gambling Regulation and Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, HR 2267, which would legalize online gambling in the United States, passed the House Committee on Financial Services last week. The committee…
Advertise.com Wins Appeal Against AOL.com, Court Finds Advertising.com IS Generic
“””Advertise.com, appealed the district court’s entry of a preliminary injunction barring it from using a designation or trade name that is confusingly similar to Appellees’ (“AOL”) ADVERTISING.COM mark. The district court enjoined…
Newest Spam Hitting My Inbox: “Register A Trademark On Your New Domain Name Or Else”
The newest spam hitting my Inbox is coming from a company trying to get me to use them to register trademarks on domains I have registered: Here is how the email reads:…
WSJ: Clock Ticking For VeriSign To Choose Legal Option: Chance To Appeal CFIT Ruling Expires On October 18th
Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) published an article tonight on Verisign and the CFIT case pending against it. The article quotes Mark McLaughli, Chief Executive of Verisign saying that the company “has 90…
The Trademark Typo Linkdin.com Sells For 22K at SnapNames.com
The trademark typo domain, Linkdin.com just sold on SnapNames.com today for $22,000. $22K There were 50 people in the auction but there were 10 active bidders (bidders that put in a bid…