Cybersquatting

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• Social Media Scams Plague Networks

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert For the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “friend” their potential victims in order to create a false ...
  3 days ago

• Weekly Wrapup of Nevada District Court Trademark Lawsuits

  
  Las Vegas Trademark Attorney — Authority: 397
  It was a busy week for trademark related lawsuit filings in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (and not a single one of them filed by me). Price Products, LLC v. Juvenile Solutions, Inc ., Case No. 09-cv-02067 (D. Nev. October 27, 2009) ( Complaint ). The owner of the DRIPSTIK ...
  1 week ago

• How Ed Lover Can Win His C’Mon Son Domain Name Dispute

  
  Black Web 2.0 — Authority: 540
  Yesterday this site posted a story about Ed Lover’s dispute over the domain name C’mon Son.  Basically Ed Lover has been using the phrase “C’mon Son” as a catchy phrase during his You Tube videos and to name his video episodes.  Arguably we can conclude that Ed Lover does have a trademark right to the ...
  1 week ago

• As Google Listen Launches, Domains Already Squatted

  
  Domain Name Wire — Authority: 613
  Squatters picked up Google Listen names many years ago. Google has launched a new music and audio service called Google Listen, which was sometimes referred to as Google Audio as news about the launch leaked over the past couple days. Unfortunately for Google, relevant domain names have already been snatched up. ...
  1 week ago

• Cybersquatting Hits Hometown Athletes

  
  DC UrbanSports — Authority: 429
  Remember when having a hot Internet domain name (especially if it belonged to someone else) meant cashing in big? People would register names of companies, athletes, and celebs in hopes of the real person buying their name back from the person who registered it. This probably was the start of your favorite athlete or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Verizon Files Another Cybersquatting Lawsuit

  
  Domain Name Wire — Authority: 613
  Verizon files cybersquatting lawsuit for Verizon.com typos. Verizon is suing 2Cool Guys.LLC ( sic ), Warren Weitzman, Arnold Trebach, and several John Does for trademark infringement. In the lawsuit, Verizon alleges that the defendants registered domain names that infringe on Verizon’s trademarks and set up ...
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• Monday Morning JetLawg

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 126
  In the news . . . In yet another Missouri cyber-bullying incident, teenager arrested for threatening website. TLC claims breach of contract against Jon Gosselin for stopping production of Jon & Kate Plus 8 . Airport x-ray machine faces battle with child pornography laws in United Kingdom. California ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nevada District Court dismisses some of Texas Domainer’s counterclaims against World Market Center

  
  Las Vegas Trademark Attorney — Authority: 397
  In a case that pits the World Market Center against Texas’ most notorious domainer, Texas International Property Associates (“TIPA”), the Nevada District Court granted World Market Center Motion to Dismiss (with leave to amend) several counterclaims that sought cancellation of some of World Market’s Center ...
  3 weeks ago

• My Name is My NAME!

  
  The Slanch Report — Authority: 489
  After nearly 6 months Toronto Rapto Chris Bosh has finally won his suit against a cybersquatting company that had registered the domain “chrisbosh.com” and nearly 800 other athlete’s names. Luis Zavala and his company Hoopology.com had registered dozens of domains using various NBA players’ names including ...
  3 weeks ago

• Expanding Interpretation of UDRP Helps German Bank Win ‘Domain Lottery’

  
  Domain Name News — Authority: 555
  Despite being clearly limited in scope, the purpose of the UDRP continues to be ignored by experienced panelists. The result is an ever-expanding environment for domain disputes that exists completely far from any legislative or judicial oversight. In the recently decide Deutsche Kreditbank AG v. DKB Data Services ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cybersquatter gets his Comeuppance

  
  The Legal Satyricon — Authority: 587
  ybersquatters often either hide offshore, or they claim to be offshore, or they claim that they don’t have any money — ergo they are “judgment proof.” Well, Marc Trachtenberg, the domain law equivalent of Mr. T, just kicked a cybersquatters’s ass. When he decided that he would rather not pay the judgment, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chris Bosh Is Master of His Domain Name ... and Maybe Yours Too

  
  The Sports Section — Authority: 144
  Luis Zavala and his company, Hoopology.com, had a great business plan: Hed register Internet domains using the names of star basketball players, as well as potential star basketball players, and then display ads on those pages to generate revenue. Maybe one of them would even offer to buy the domain name from him, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chris Bosh Wins 800 Domains From Cybersquatter

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 726
  The Toronto Raptors Chris Bosh has obtained a court order for transfer of 800 domain names from cybersquatter.  The domains include many NBA stars.
  3 weeks ago

• Internet changes likely to impact international Web businesses

  
  Web Translations — Authority: 103
  A recent article in New Scientist reports on the imminent release of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from U.S. national control. ICANN is responsible for maintaining the various technical standards that make the Internet possible on a low level.Under an Affirmation agreement with the U.S. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Michael Jackson’s Estate Sues the Heal the World Foundation

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 126
  Courtesy of BBC News In 1992, Michael Jackson founded the first Heal the World Foundation (”Jackson’s Foundation”) named after Jackson’s hit song “ Heal the World .” Jackson’s foundation provided medicine to children and fought world hunger, homelessness, child exploitation and abuse. Jackson’s ...
  4 weeks ago

• State Department Sends ISAlliance to Estonia

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  From The Internet Security Alliance At the request of the US State Department ISALLIANCE President Larry Clinton will visit the NATO Cyber Center of Excellence in Estonia the week of October 4 to lecture and discuss cyber security theory and practice. After completing his schedule in Estonia Mr. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Michael Atkins - Seattle Trademark Lawyer - Alpine Mortgage …

  
  Mortgage online — Authority: 158
  In January, Seattle- and Marysville, Wash.-based Alpine Mortgage Services, Inc., filed suit in the Western District against Lake Oswego, Ore.-based Alpine Mortgage , LLC, for trademark infringement and breach of a settlement agreement. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cybersquatting on the Rise

  
  The New New Internet — Authority: 431
  According to industry experts , incidents of cybersquatting are on the rise. Cybersquatters are using the false domains to disseminate malicious software to unsuspecting individuals on the internet. Cybersquatting involves taking a web address that is similar to an established product and using a variety of ...
  7 weeks ago

• Arunjaitley.com Is Lawfully Mine, Claims Arun Jaitley

  
  WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India — Authority: 567
  Arun Jaitley might not be as hot a celebrity like Yuvi or Ash , but the BJP minister still has 61 pages of information about him on Google (only 61?). That apparently makes his name a ‘commodity’ hot enough on the domain name market and the legal counsel of Mr. Arun Jaitley has now moved the Delhi High Court ...
  7 weeks ago

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