The continuing saga of the Commonwealth of Kentucky seizure of 141 domain names related to online gambling took an interesting turn today. The action of Kentucky was protectionist as online betting is legal in Kentucky through Churchill Downs Incorporated, a public company with the stock symbol of CHDN, and its online betting service at TwinsSpires.com In releasing its earning yesterday the … [Read more...]
First Class Action Filed Against OverSee Today
A class action lawsuit was filed today in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court by an attorney who also seems to be the plaintiff. The suit was filed on behalf of lead Plaintiff Carlos A. Cueto who says he participated in online auctions for domain names at SnapNames.Com, Inc. The complaint alleges that , a former vice-president of SnapNames., Nelson Brady secretly bid on fifty thousand domain … [Read more...]
Will “Halvarez” Face Criminal Charges? It Maybe Up To You
With all the news from Oversee.net this week regarding the SnapNames bidding Scandal, It's still is unclear whether Oversee has or will ever press criminal charges against Nelson Brady for his participation in the shill bidding scheme. It seems the domain community thinks that Oversee is the only party that can ask for criminal charge to be brought, however, in my opinion, Oversee is not the … [Read more...]
Breaking News: British Court Refuses To Enforce Kentucky Domain Seizure Order
In a court ruling out of the UK, a British court has ruled against the Commonwealth of Kentucky's attempt to seize gambling domains. As you will just over a year ago, before the TRAFFIC NY 2008 show, the the Commonwealth of Kentucky sent a seizure order to the registrars of 141 gambling domain names, demanding that those domains be forfeited to Kentucky. The 141 domains ranged from parked … [Read more...]
New Ruling Today Sheds Light On When Is A “Famous” Persons’ Name Is Proected By WIPO
Most domainers are pretty confused on the question of when is a person name, domain name fair game and when is the domain protected by WIPO/UDRP rulings. Thomas Pritzker filed a WIPO for the domain tpritzker.com Although you may have never heard of Thomas Pritzker, he is a pretty successful guy, to say the least, described in the ruling as "a prominent businessman, the Chairman and CEO of … [Read more...]
UDRP’s Turns 10 and Holds A Conference To Celebrate
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) marked the 1oth anniversary of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) yesterday with a conference that "brought together over 200 stakeholders from around the world". I was not invited. I guess I'm not a "stakeholder". I wonder if anyone from the domainer community got an invite to this conference, although I'm pretty … [Read more...]
Why The Yahoo Class Action Settlement Is Bad News For Domainers
DirectNavigation.com wrote today about a notice that went out to anyone who advertised with Yahoo or the its prior service GoTo.com, on its PPC program(s) anytime from May 1, 2000 until September 22, 2009. That's a lot of advertisers. The class action arose out of a suit by advertisers against Yahoo, alleging that Yahoo: """breached its contract with its customers by allowing Yahoo! ads … [Read more...]