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…
Category: Legal
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…