In the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, a federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million in a case in which an Internet domain registration company tried to take advantage of Verizon and Verizon customers by using Internet names chosen to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon names. The default ruling came in a case filed by Verizon against … [Read more...]
Today We Call Out Jimmy Choo For Attempted Reverse Domain Hijacking: Why Is There No Penalty For This?
Anyone who reads this blog knows we are squarely again blatant trademark infringing domains, the companies and platforms that sell them, and those who buy them. However, we are also strongly opposed to large companies trying to take advantage of their wealth, power and ability to pay large legal fees to basically steal domains they have no right to. He is a case of one such company, Jimmy … [Read more...]
CADNA Membership Increased 80% in 2008
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that Goldman, Sachs & Co. and New York Life Insurance Company are its newest members. CADNA also announced that their membership increased 80% in 2008. """"This is clear evidence that more businesses recognize the need to speak out about domain name abuse, including cybersquatting, phishing, and domain name tasting. With the … [Read more...]
Kentucky Appeals Court Hears Arguments On Domain Seizure Case
Yesterday the Kentucky Court of Appeals heard arguments that Gov. Steve Beshear’s effort to seize domain names is blatantly unconstitutional. A three-judge panel is weighing Beshear’s unprecedented move to seize the domain names of 141 gambling Web sites. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate allowed the Cabinet for Justice and Public Safety to seize the domain names last month and ordered a … [Read more...]
Outing Buyers Of Trademarked Domains
Last week we wrote about two domains that were at auction at TDNAM. Both of which were obvious trademark infringing domains, and both of which had high reserve prices, due to the fact that they had a lot of traffic, and were generating substantial PPC earnings. Last week we attacked GoDaddy.com for this practice, bascially selling trademarked domains for their anticiated earnings and then … [Read more...]
This is Why People Squat On Domains: GeorgeWBushLibrary.com Sold Back For $35K
We write so many stories about the evils of CyberSquatiing, and once in a while story comes out, that shows why so many people do it. Yuma Solutions, the developer of the site GeorgeWBushLibrary.com, let the domain registration lapse and a a company in Raleigh NC, Illuminati Karate, picked up the domain off a drop list, registered it for $10 and sold to back to the developers for … [Read more...]
How GoDaddy Is Making Big Money Off Of Trademaked Domains and Putting the Domain Industry Right in the Hands Of CADNA
I'm sure you have all read the fine journalistic piece written by Andrew Allemann over at DomainNameWire.com, if not stop go read it and come back. I have a slightly different take on this ramifications and effect of what Godaddy.com is doing. Yes they are warehousing domains, in a tricky fashion, which Andrew's outstanding research discovered. But there activity much more serious in … [Read more...]