Rick Schwartz who has been known in the domain community as the “Domain King” has filed an administrative action to gain control of the domain name DomainKing.ng. .Ng is the country code…
Category: Trademarks
Kylie Minogue and Kylie Jenner at odds on “Kylie” Trademark
It looks like two ladies named Kylie are at odds when it comes to trademark rights. Kylie Jenner has filed a tm application for the word Kylie for “entertainment in the nature…
.Auto .Car, .Cars Get 1st day Registrations at $60K Per Domain
The 1st day of the Early Access Program (EAP) opened up yesterday for the new gTLD’s .Auto, .Car and .Cars with day 1 prices set at $59,049.99 for each domain name at…
The ICA Is Having a Coming Out Party At Namescon; Come Join US
Most of you know that I have been a long-time member and strong supporter of the Internet Commerce Association. Anyone who has had to face a UDRP, or seen the policies that…
Google Registers Alphabet.Sex in Sunrise: How Did They Do That? + More Generic’s Reg As TM
Google has added another domain name to its growing Alphabet brand, this time Alphabet.sex which got registered yesterday. But Google registering another Alphabet domain name is not the story. The issue is…
Ashley Madison Hacked Info Site CheckAshleyMadison.com Taken Down After DMCA Notice
A website offering a search function at CheckAshleyMadison.com has been taken down after a DMCA notice. The website was reported by TheHill.com yesterday has seeing a huge amount of traffic for the 1 day old website.
BMW is Reviewing The Possibility of TM Infringement as related Alphabet
BMW is apparently not too thrilled about Google deciding to go with the name Alphabet, and they have some concerns according to several news outlets. FleetNews.co.uk wrote: Vehicle leasing company Alphabet is…