Was the Court’s Order that a Cybersquatter to Turn Over 700 Domain Names that...
Digital Media Lawyer Blog: “In a recent ruling, a judge in the Central District of California ordered a defendant in a cybersquatting case to turn over hundreds of domain names that incorporated the...
View ArticleCourt Applies Calder Effects Test in Typosquatting Case
E-Commerce Law: “The Plaintiff, Weather Underground, Inc. (‘Weather Underground’), is a commercial weather services that indexes information provided to it by multiple weather stations and generates...
View ArticleHow to Lose a Cybersqatting Case against a Serial Cybersquatter
Digital Media Lawyer Blog: “It seems unthinkable. How can a business that has registered and used a trademark for a decade lose an ACPA case against a serial cybersquatter who has been adjudicated to...
View ArticleGripe Site Prevails in Domain Cybersquatting Case
Jacqui Cheng of Law & Disorder reports on the results of cybersquatting case where the defendant prevailed because it was a website that was critical of the trademark owner. The article begins: “A...
View ArticleInjunction is No Great Leap for Court in “Skydive Arizona” Case
E-Commerce Law: “On April 29, 2010, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona granted, in part, Plaintiff’s request to enjoin the Defendants’ use of certain trademarks and domain...
View ArticleTrademark Holder not Entitled to Domain Name Registered Years Before
Internet Cases: “A recent case arising under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP for short) shows us that the earlier domain name registration is usually going to be on solid...
View ArticleTroubling Decision in Matter Involving Anonymous Bloggers
Internet Cases: “A financial consulting company has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Colorado alleging that certain anonymous web users have posted defamatory statements about the plaintiff on...
View ArticleOpposition to the Protect IP Act
The Volokh Conspiracy: Happy Fourth to you all! Along with 90 (and still counting) other Internet law and IP law professors, I have signed a letter (drafted by Dave Levine, Mark Lemley, and me) in...
View ArticleDo Fraudulent Transfer Laws Apply To Domain Names?
Wealth Strategies Journal: Trademarks have always been an important corporate asset, but these days they can be much more so when they are also internet domain names that attract and direct customers...
View ArticleArizona For-Profits May Now Use .org In Domain Name
abajournal: Arizona for-profits may now use .org in domain name. The State Bar has reconsidered its prohibition on the use, according to this article: That’s the same conclusion an Arizona ethics...
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