Back In April of this year, we wrote about a guy named Alf Temme, who was in that report sued by Dell for $2.4 Million for typosquatting. In a guest post to SeattlePI.com, Mr. Temme described why he started typo squatting, he business plan he built around it and how it all came tumbling down due to the trademark laws, The Lanham Act and the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act … [Read more...]
Feds Seize 9 Domains For Copyright Infringement, But Based On What Law?
According to the Wall Street Journal, federal authorities seized 9 domain names of sites that were offering pirated movies. The nine domain names were registered using U.S.-based registrars, allowing authorities to take control of their site addresses. Some of the sites themselves were run on computers based in the U.S, in Colorado, Florida and Illinois, but others used computers based in … [Read more...]
Adult Tradeshow Operator Sues A Competitor Over 19 Domain Names, Seeking $1.9 Million
According to xbiznewswire.com, the parent company of the Exxxotica adult trade show filed suit against a competing adult-consumer show operator Adultcon, claiming that its owner is squatting on 19 domain names. The complaint, was filed Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. There is currently a annual show for Exxxotica Miami Beach, a Exxxotica New Jersey and a new adult show to be … [Read more...]
Australia Proposes New Rules On Domains & Requires Every Internet User To Have Anti-Virus Programs On Their Computers
According to the inquisitr.com, an Australian governmental committee is proposing a whole set of new rules on internet users, domain owners, and registrars. """The Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime report from the House Standing Committee on Communications Inquiry into Cyber crime makes 34 different recommendations"" Recommendation 20 of the bill states … [Read more...]
Sedo.com’s Contract Protects Sedo, But Not Sellers Or Buyers
Almost 2 months ago I won an auction at Sedo for TrademarkLawyer.com for just under $10K. This was one of 7 legal domains one seller put up for auction. The total winning bids for the 7 domains totaled almost $200K. (You can read the entire story here). Shortly after the auction ended the Seller notified Sedo that he was not going to transfer the domains. After a cure period of 30 days Sedo … [Read more...]
Here’s Some Good Advice: Let Go, Your Lego Domains
One thing I've noticed watching the daily WIPO decisions as they come down, every week seems to bring another case involving "Lego". So I did some research and found it wasn't my imagination. So far in 2010 there have been 69 cases filed according to UDRPSearch.com, by the toymaker. and this is just the middle of June. From 2009 to date there have been over 100 cases filed by the … [Read more...]
WIPO Denies Complaint On The Parked Domain, FirstQuote.com By Trademark Holder: Did Being Offshore Save Them?
In one of the most interesting WIPO decisions of the year, A one person WIPO Panel today denied the complaint of 1stQuote.com against the owner of FirstQuote.com. What makes this case particularly interesting is that the trademark holder of 1stQuote.com already won WIPO Cases against the holders of the domains FirstQuote.net and FirstQuote.org in two separate filed WIPO actions. Even more … [Read more...]