In an article by stock analysis site, Trefis, which bills itself as a site that “helps you understand how company’s products impact its stock price“, said today that VeriSign “is on the…
Category: Legal
A Pure Trademarked Generic TractorSupply.Mobi Taken In a WIPO
In a WIPO decision released yesterday a domain of generic term , TractorSupply.mobi, was given to the Trademark holder. Here are the facts of the case: “Complainant or its predecessors have operated…
Does A Web Deginer Own 84% Of Facebook? He Says Yes In A Lawsuit Filed Against the Company
In a civil lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of New York’s Allegany County last month, Ceglia vs. Zuckerberg & Facebook, , Paul Ceglia said he signed a contract with Facebook co-founder…
Federal Court Rules Against Toyota In Domain Case: Buy-A-Lexus.com; BuyorLeaseLexus.com
While URDP are decided daily its pretty rare to find a Federal Court decision involving domain names and ever rarer to find a court that rules in favor of the domain name…
90 Domains, $5,800 a Month In Revenue; Zuccarini’s Suit Is An Eye Opener
I been reviewing the lawsuit that John Zuccarini filed this week against NameJet.com, NetworkSolutions, Enom.com and VeriSign. (pdf) Here is some quick background. There were 14 domains that were owned by Zuccarini,…
Worst of 2010: UltimateGuitar.com Taken In WIPO Based On “Common Law” Trademark Of A Hyphenated Domain
In a case which was decided about a month ago, but just brought to my attention by a reader today, a one person WIPO panel took the domain name, UltimateGuitar.com away from…
European Court of Justice Rules That Using Trademarks In Adwords Is Not Trademark Infringement, Again
Europe’s Court of Justice has confirmed that use of a competitor’s name as an Internet advertising keyword does not constitute a violation of European trademark law. The case involved two companies Primakabin…