In a case involving the domain name, Bachoco.com, a one person WIPO panel held in favor of the trademark holder. The term Bachoco is the subject of a trademark registered in Mexico in 1989 and a US trademark registered in July 2003. The domain name was created in 2002. The panel found that although Bachoco is a mountain region in Mexico that the Mexico trademark coupled with the use of … [Read more...]
Report Finds Against ICANN In Denying The .XXX Extension & Charges Them The $475K Cost
Yesterday an independent panel, the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (pdf) found in a 80 page decision, in favor of the ICM Registry against ICANN for its decision to eventually reject the .xxx extension and ruled that ICANN had to pick up all the costs of the independent panel to the tune of $475K and reimburse ICM the fees it paid for the application to the tune of another $241K. (ICM … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines: New gTLD’s Will Cause Only 316 New Cases Of CyberSquatting
A report released tonight by Minds+Machines, (pdf) predicts that the proposed gTLD's will only cause 316 new cases of CyberSquatting and that the cost to trademark holders worldwide will be "less than $.10". How does the authors of the report come to that conclusion? They look at the percentage of UDRP cases coming from .com's, .net and .org against those in the "new" extensions, .info, … [Read more...]
This Sound Familiar? AdvertisingMagic.com Loses Trademark Claim Against AdMagic.com
As most domainers know there is an ongoing dispute between AOL's Advertsing.com in its claim of right against Ad.com and Advertise.com. In a case that strikes us a being very similar, a federal jury has decided in favor of New Jersey based Ad Magic ruling that its corporate name and Web sites, admagic.com, admagic-inc.com, admagicadvertising.com, and admagic.org, do not infringe upon the … [Read more...]
MarkMonitor Launches “Site Staydown Service”
Online brand protection firm MarkMonitor has officially launched its "Site Staydown Service", which promises to prevent web sites that sell fraudulent or counterfeit goods from resurfacing after being shut down. The company believes that up to $133bn of legitimate revenue was lost in 2009 owing to rogue sites offering pirated or counterfeit versions of well known products. "MarkMonitor said … [Read more...]
eBay Has To Pay Hundreds Of Thosands of Euro’s For Typo Searches For Louis Vuitton
According to Reuters, a Paris tribunal found Ebay guilty of misleading consumers today by using mis-spell versions of Louis Vuitton as search engine key words to redirect users to Ebay website links. The suit was brought by Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), which also makes Christian Dior perfume, Tag Heuer watches, and the champagne that carries its name. The tribunal ordered Ebay to … [Read more...]
WIPO Takes Away a Geo Domain; Hayward.com Putting It On Our Worst of 2010 List
Talk about a scary decision. Decision D2009-1493 A domainer just lost a domain he paid $20,000 to acquire and recently valued it at $100K. A three member WIPO panel took away, what most of us would regard to be a Geo domain, Hayward.com and wwwhayward.com and awarded it to the trademark holder Hayward Industries. Hayward is a city in California with a population of 150,000 … [Read more...]