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…
Category: Legal
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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…
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…