Driving back to Florida last week, I couldn't help notice a couple of billboards for the domain WhoCanISue.com. Then a few days ago I saw some bus stops and benches for the same domain around town. So I did what any good domainer would do, ran to see if the dom ain, CanISue.com was registered. Not surprisingly the domain was registered and of course, not to the same company paying all … [Read more...]
Now That The Rays Are Winning, Pepsi Wants Tropicanafield.com?: Why Doesn’t Laches Apply To This One
For the past seven years, Chris Dunne has owned the tropicanafield.com domain name. "I'm a huge Rays fan," he said. "I bought the name because I thought it was cool to be part of a baseball team, you know?" The website is a business directory for places located close to the stadium. "So if some one's coming from anywhere and they're going to Tropicana Field, they can look up hotels, they … [Read more...]
Kentucky Uphold Domain Seizure, Part 2: Our Take: Who is At Risk: What To Do Now
Thursday afternoon Judge Thomas Wingate issued a ruling that he would not dismiss the case brought against domain owners which included seizure of their names. A forfeiture hearing has been scheduled for November 17th. A copy of the decision can be seen here have read the decision in full. The court found it had jurisdiction over the 141 domains seized by the commonwealth. The court … [Read more...]
Kentucky Judge Upholds Domain Seizure Order
Thursday afternoon Judge Thomas Wingate issued a ruling that he would not dismiss the case brought against domain owners which included seizure of their names. A forfeiture hearing has been scheduled for November 17th. A copy of the decision can be seen here More on this soon... … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Max Hardcore is Sentenced
A few months ago we had a post about Max Hardcore (real name Paul F. Little), an adult film producer that was found guilty of multiple obscenity offenses, including charges he transported obscene material over the Internet. The court handed out its sentence on Friday and Max Hardcore was sentenced to 46 months in prison. In addition to the prison term, Judge Susan Bucklew ordered Little … [Read more...]
ICA File’s Brief in Kentucky Domain Seizure Action
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) filed a "friend of the court" brief yesterday on the Kentucky domain name seizure. ica-amicus-brief (Adobe Reader Required) The brief attacks the governor action on several grounds. First the Kentucky law which was cited by the state in taking the action relates to "Mechanical Gambling Devices" which domains simply are not under the state law's … [Read more...]
ICA Issues Statement On Kentucky Domain Seizures
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) released the following statement regarding the domain seizures in Kentucky: """"The Internet Commerce Association is aware of the extreme concern of ICA members regarding the action of the Kentucky Attorney General ordering the seizure of 141 gaming related domain names. It appears that there may be no statutory basis for this unprecedented action, that … [Read more...]