The .ME registry just sold toyota.me for the whopping price of $90,025. Not only is it the highest price ever paid for a .me it is agoing to be a litigation nightmare…
Category: Legal
New Type of Lawsuit is Brewing Against Domainers and Advertisers
There’s a new type of lawsuit coming against PPC advertisers and domainers, about search marketing and the right to bid on trademarked or just competitive terms. In this particular case Nike sued…
Be prepared for a border search with these tips
This guest post was written by Richard Douglas. His blog is called Too Many Secrets. If you travel a lot, you should prepare yourself to be searched and asked a few questions….
Bush Won’t Give up US Oversight of Internet but Would Obama?
As you are aware it was reported Thursday by the Intellectual Property Watch the Bush Administration has no intention of giving up control of the central root servers that control the internet….
Hasbro Sues Over Facebook “Scrabulous” Game
Hasbro which sells the Scrabble board game, has sued over the Knockoff game on Facebook called Scrabulous. Hasbro on Thursday filed a copyright and trademark lawsuit in New York against the creators…
Narnia.mobi Awarded to Trademark Holder
The World Intellectual Property Organization, ruled yesterday that the domain name Narnia.mobi should be transferred to the trademark holder. Domain name disputes focus partly on whether a “cybersquatter” is using the site…
How Can A .xxx/.sex Extension Be OK Now?
I have read hundreds of stories about ICANN voting to allow the creation of an unlimited amount of domain extensions in the mainstream media. Each and everyone of these article talks about…