Last week the Minnesota attorney general Lori Swanson, filed a lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum, the largest arbitration company in the country for consumer credit disputes, alleged that the agency deceived consumers into thinking it was a neutral arbitrator for debt collection matters, when in fact it was working FOR the creditors. Swanson said that credit card companies, banks, … [Read more...]
Goldman Sachs Drops Claim for GoldmanSachs666.com
Back in April we reported on the case of GoldmanSachs666.com If you recall Goldman Sachs (GS) sent an Cease and Desist letter, demanding that blogger Mike Morgan take down his gripe site GoldmanSachs666.com, saying that the site violated Goldman’s intellectual property rights and that the domain constituted trademark infringement. The “666″ in the domain’s refers to address of Goldman’s … [Read more...]
Rosetta Stone Sues Google For Trade Mark Infringement
In a seeming unending daily lawsuit filed against search engines for allowing advertisers to place PPC using others trademark terms, Rosetta Stone filed suit against Google yesterday in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virgina. The suit is typical of several others recently filed against Google, click here, here, and here and seek damages based on Google allowing advertisers, … [Read more...]
Another Day, Another Suit: Yahoo Sued For Trademark Infringement In E-Mail Advertising
Mary Kay cosmetics filed suit yesterday against Yahoo for trademark infringement, for allegedly inserting links to unauthorized retailers, in personal email messages that Mary Kay sellers send to their consumers. "Emails that advertise Mary Kay products are hijacked and manipulated by Yahoo and provide an unfair advantage for the unauthorized re-sellers and other competitors," the company … [Read more...]
Google.com Sued Again But This Time Its Not Just Over PPC: Organic Search Removal
For the fifth time since May, Google has been sued for trademark infringement on AdWords. This lawsuit, brought by computer software company Ascentive, in the federal district court in the eastern district of Pennsylvania, alleges that Google wrongly allowed other companies to use Ascentive's trademarks to trigger pay-per-click search ads. Nothing new there, but the suit does on to allege … [Read more...]
TheJayLenoShow.com Goes To the Rightful Owner
It seems like a no-brainier to me, but I have seen at least 10 stories in the mainstream media about this today and no one reported it on domaining.com, so I'll bite. TheJayLenoShow.com was ordered transferred to Mr. Leno in a WIPO action today. The domain was originally registered by Guadalupe Zambrano of Texas, back in 2004, while Mr.Leno was firmly entrenched as the host of "The Tonight … [Read more...]
Where Will It End: Now TradeMark Holders Are Suing Craigslist.Org For Free Posted Ads
Trademark holders in a seemingly unending quest to expand their online rights, have now filed suit against Craigslist for trademark infringement based on ads posted by users. The lawsuit was brought by Texas real estate company First Call Properties, (yes Texas again) which alleges that it began advertising on Craigslist's in March and that a competing company, AAA Apartment Locating (AAA), … [Read more...]