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…
Category: Legal
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…