A new study by DNattorney.com suggests that a handful of domain name arbitrators are appointed to decide a disproportionate amount of cases. The National Arbitration Forum, which is accredited by the Internet…
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Kentucky Supreme Court Reverses The Appeals Court On The 141 Seized Domains
The Kentucky Supreme Court today reversed the Kentucky Appeals court’s decision that tossed out the seizure order issued on 141 gambling domain names. The 17 page ruling by the Supreme Court today…
CADNA Heading To Congress To Get Laws Changed
From the Fairwinds blog today: “”CADNA has refocused its efforts on working with members of Congress on these issues and working more diligently toward developing legislation to help resolve the problems. Long…
Is Verification Of Identity Going To Become A Requirement To Own A Domain?
A couple of interesting developments on the issue of whether registrars should be required to verify the identity of the registrant of every domain name. First today the authority charged with running…
Google Denied Trademark On “Nexus One”
The United States Trademark office denied Google’s application to trademark the name of their new phone ‘Nexus One“. Integra, a provider of voice and data services was granted a trademark on the…
Even A WIPO Panelist Says Even He’s Concerned With Inconsistent Decisions: You Got To Read This Quote
Yesterday in a decision a sole panelist had some interesting words about the WIPO decisions: “””This Panel is concerned that if panelists develop their interpretation of the Policy as they go along…
Utah House and Senate Pass CADNA Backed Trademark Bill, Why This Is VERY Bad News For Domainers
The “UTAH E-COMMERCE INTEGRITY ACT” which was just introduced in December of 2009, passed the Utah Senate last month, was voted into law by the Utah House today. When I first wrote…