Sweet Art Company LLC represented by Christopher M. DeBacker of Law Office of Mark Brown, LLC, Kansas was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain sweetartinc.com which was registered in 1998. Sweet Art got a trademark in 2009. The one member panel of David E. Sorkin found: "In this case, it should have been obvious to Complainant that it could not prove that the … [Read more...]
SharkTank.com Saved in UDRP: No Reverse Hijacking Despite Domain Reg 6 Yrs Before TM
Sony Pictures Television Inc. just its attempt to grab the domain name SharkTank.com which was registered in 2002, while the trademark was not filed for until 2008 and not granted until 2009. However the Panel took a long way around and some interesting language to avoid finding Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Here are the highlights of the three member UDRP panel of Alan L. Limbury, Sandra J. … [Read more...]
Over 6K .XYZ Registered Yesterday Including 100’s With ABC, Google, Alphabet Knockoff’s
The .XYZ registry got thrown into the world stage last night when Google announced the formation of a new parent company, Alphabet which would be using the domain name abc.xyz. The new gTLD .XYZ got over 6,000 domain name registrations yesterday including hundreds which played off either the "ABC" theme, or Google and/or off the word Alphabet, … [Read more...]
Twitter Files 3 New Trademarks: Including It’s Stock Symbol TWTR
Twitter Inc. has filed 3 new trademarks including one for TWTR which is the NYSE stock symbol for the company. The trademark states: "Providing business and corporate information via a web site and via social media". Twitter Inc. currently does not own the matching domain name TWTR.com according to whois records. The domain name is for sale currently on domain name marketplace Sedo.com, with … [Read more...]
Wow: UDRP Filed on Blackjack.com
A UDRP has been filed on the domain name Blackjack.com According to the whois record the domain name backjack.com is owned by "Private Individual" of the UK. The Complainant in the UDRP is not listed. The domain name Blackjack.com is being used as a directory site for playing blackjack online along with other information about the game. I found two trademark in the USPTO for the term … [Read more...]
Meet Google New Parent’s Company Alphabet Whose Domain Name is ABC.XYZ
Google announced today on its company's blog, its forming a new parent company to see all of its businesses calling it Alphabet. The domain name of the holding company is not going to be Alphabet.com but the new gTLD abc.xyz. "What is Alphabet? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google" "Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the … [Read more...]
.Law Expects 100K Domain Registration In 12-24 Months at $200 Per
According to a story in the abajournal.com, the .Law registry which is owned by Minds + Machines expects to sell 100,000 domain names in 12-24 months after launching . .Law will only be opened to licensed lawyers. The CEO of .Law Lou Andreozzi, of LexisNexis North American Legal Markets and the former chairman of Bloomberg Law is quoted as saying he "estimates the U.S. market is about 1.2 … [Read more...]