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What is Domain Hijacking?

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-01T12:20:58-04:00

The first way is, under United States law, the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, also known as the ACPA, allows for somebody to file a complaint, and if they can successfully establish that they have trademark rights in a domain name,...

New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse - How To Protect Your Trademarks.

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-01T11:25:07-04:00

The Trademark Clearinghouse concept is an important part of the new gTLD roll-out. The trademark clearinghouse will be available for new gTLD registries to support pre-launch Sunrise or Trademark Claims Services. Each new gTLD though wil have some leelway regarding...

Domain Name Theft versus Cybersquatting

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-03-28T12:31:49-04:00

Welcome to Domain Name Law Radio. Domain names are valuable assets. Domain disputes, domain theft, cybersquatting, and domain monetization are important issues. Our domain lawyers have answers to your domain name questions. This is Domain Name Attorney Brian Hall with...

Cybersquatting Whitney Houston: Celebrity Cybersquatting Is Never as Profitable as When The Famous Person Dies

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-02-12T10:08:00-05:00

Stealing Whitney's Houston's legacy web traffic: Cybersquatting is when you register someones trademark, company name, brand or personal name withe the bad faith intent to profit from their mark or fame. Many cybersquatters register typographical variations of the persons trademark...

Live Feed From DomainFest 2012: Sponsored by Traverse Legal, PLC

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-01-31T11:55:32-05:00

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What Factors Affect a Consumer’s View of Whether a Domain Name is Reputable, and thus Worth Much More Money?

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-12-19T11:32:52-05:00

In the paper embedded into this post “Domain Bias in Web Search,” several Microsoft employees and Stanford University researchers seek to establish definitively that a “domain bias” exists on the internet wherein consumers, irrespective of all other factors, will click...

Contributory Cybersquatting under the Anitcybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-12-19T08:00:00-05:00

Welcome to Cybersquatting Law Radio. My name is Attorney Enrico Schaefer, and I specialize in cybersquatting issues, domain disputes, and domain theft. Today, we are talking about contributory cybersquatting under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Play: Contributory Cybersquatting under the...

To Defensively Register Domain Names or Not? - A .XXX Example

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-12-10T10:00:00-05:00

Some universities in Michigan chose to defensively register .xxx domain names in order to protect their brand. Some did not, choosing instead to actively monitor their trademarks and brand online. The Detroit Free Press domain name article highlights the choice...

Trademark Owners Defensive Registration of .XXX Domains

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-12-10T09:35:00-05:00

Domain name disputes will certainly increase as the rollout of .XXX continues forward. There has been significant controversy about whether companies with registered trademarks should be defensively precluding registration of their brand names during the .XXX Sunrise period. Our internet...

Lawsuit Filed by Porn Industry against ICANN Over .XXX

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-11-18T14:28:44-05:00

Domain name disputes typically occur between trademark owners and domain name registrants over allegations of cybersquatting or between trademark owners and website developers, employees, partners over domain name theft and hijacking. And this first of its kind litigation case, the...

Facebook Trademark Infringement Continues To Be A Problem

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-11-17T10:48:29-05:00

Facebook Trademark Infringement Update: Trademark infringement on Facebook and Twitter continue to grow as problems for trademark owners. Companies who fail to get on the social media juggernaut are now realizing that their company name, brand name or slogan may...

UDRP Filed on 3-Letter Domain

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-11-08T12:40:23-05:00

In a recent Domain Name Wire report, Wireless company, Shenzhen AEE Technology Co., has filed a UDRP proceeding for the domain name AEE.com. The historical Whois information suggests that the owner, Shenzhen AEE Technology Co. had the domain registered and...

Cybersquatting Claims: Defending Allegations of Domain Name and Trademark Cybersquatting

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-10-24T09:52:30-04:00

You have been accused by threat letter, lawsuit or UDRP complaint of engaging in trademark cybersquatting. The penalties for cybersquatting can be serious. Statutory damages can be awarded under the Anti Cybersquatting Piracy Act (ACPA). A Uniform Domain Name Dispute...

Domain Name Disputes Come In Many Flavors

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-09-23T14:35:08-04:00

Domain name disputes continue to become more common: As an internet law attorney specializing in domain name issues, I am always struck by the wide variety of domain name issues which come through our law firm front door. While cybersquatting...

Massive Facebook Cybersquatting Lawsuit Fails to Stop Bidding on Facebopok.com

Supreme Court Commentator — 2011-09-12T20:00:00-04:00

Cybersquatting lawsuit not enough to protect typo domain: Despite Facebook’s cybersquatting lawsuit effort, the typo domain Facebopok.com sold for $1,999 on SnapNames.com, according to TheDomains.com. Facebopok.com forwards to f-questionnaire.com, which is clearly a counterfeit site using the same colors, font...