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AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Blog

News about purchases and sales of domain names as well as lawsuits involving allegations of domain name theft.
By Enrico Schaefer

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Last Entry: May 04, 2010 at 14:24:26

How to Get Your Lost Domain Name Back When Cybersquatting Law Will Not Help

Posted on May 04, 2010
What do you do when your domain name has been stolen but you lack the requisite trademark rights to recover the domain via a domain arbitration under Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) or a lawsuit under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection...

Brands are NOT registering defensively in gTLDs

Posted on April 01, 2010
A recent survey of over 1000 brands owned by Fortune 100 companies show that Brands aren't defensively registering domain names as was originally predicted. Antony Van Couvering discusses the results of the survey in regards to defensive registration and cybersquatting...

How to Respond to a UDRP Complaint

Posted on March 31, 2010
Do you know what to do if you feel your trademark rights are being violated by another party? What if you get a notice that someone else thinks you are infringing on their trademark rights? Attorney Brian Hall discusses the...

Foursquare Allows Domain Name Registration to Lapse

Posted on March 27, 2010
Social networking service Foursquare has made a common mistake: it allowed its domain name to lapse with registrar GoDaddy. It is unclear whether this was because Foursquare maintained inaccurate WHOIS information, or whether its credit card had expired, but this...

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UDRP Arbitrator Shares Insights on Trademark, Domain Name Disputes and Cybersquatting Issues

Posted on March 10, 2010
UDRP Arbitrator Sandra Franklin offers her insights on UDRP arbitrations concerning trademarks, domain names, and cybersquatting issues in this Cybersquatting Law Radio interview. Listen or read the interview below. Play: Interview of a UDRP Arbitrator: Domain Name Disputes & UDRP...

Cybersquatting The Tiger Woods' Name

Posted on December 08, 2009
Of course, with all the interest in Tiger Woods and his alleged affairs, cybersquatting the Tiger Woods brand has become even more rampant. Check out these websites cybersquatting on Tiger, and don't forget to check out the cybersquatting site on...

Cybersquatting Tiger Woods' Alleged Girlfriends' Names

Posted on December 03, 2009
Domain speculators and ad words aficionados have started the process of cybersquatting the alleged other women in Tiger Woods' life. Here are the cybersquatting results for Jamee Grubbs, Kalika Moquin, and Rachel Uchitel. Jamie Grubbes cybersquatted sites include www...

Insure.com Domain Name Sells For $16 Million To QuinStreet

Posted on October 12, 2009
Domain News reports that Insure.com has sold for $16 million to QuinStreet. QuinStreet is a vertical media and online marketing company located in Foster City, CA. This sale is the largest publically reported domain name sale of the year and is an indicator that the domain name economy may be showing signs of a turn around.

Cybersquatting Hotel and Resort Trademark Protected Names

Posted on September 25, 2009
Our cybersquatting attorneys represent one of the largest premium resort chains in South America and have been in litigation on cybersquatting claims under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act against a travel agency which registered over 20 domain names which include...

Fight Over .eco Top Level Domain Name Between Big Room and Dot Eco Heats Up

Posted on August 17, 2009
The fight over the new .eco top-level domain name suffix has increased over the last few weeks. Dot Eco, a group supported by such environmental heavyweights as the Sierra Club, former Vice President Al Gore, and the Alliance for Climate Protection, has issued a 17-page document criticizing the plan of its competitor for the domain name, Big Room...

Cybersquatting Continues To Be The # 1 Method By Which Consumer Fraud Is Perpetrated

Posted on June 18, 2009
According to Markmonitor, cybersquatting continues to be the preferred method of online fraud. Linking a website with a major name brand or trademark, increases the likelihood that consumers will be confused. When consumers fail to understand that they are at...

Eric Goldman Interview: Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted (Part 2)

Posted on June 01, 2009
Eric Goldman is an Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also directs the school's High Tech Law Institute. Before joining the SCU faculty in 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at Marquette University Law...

Professor Eric Goldman on Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted? (Part 1)

Professor Eric Goldman on Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted? (part 1)

Posted on May 20, 2009
Eric Goldman is an Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also directs the school's High Tech Law Institute. Before joining the SCU faculty in 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at Marquette University Law...

Handling Trademark Challenges in an Online World

Posted on May 19, 2009
Get the latest information on trademark issues implicated in the launching of online advertising campaigns, including the purchase of keywords, buying display ads, developing and protecting taglines, and acquiring associated domain names. Moderator: Russell Pangborn, Microsoft Corporation (United States) Speakers:...

Cybersquatting American International Group

Posted on March 19, 2009
DomainFight.net reports the following Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Proceeding brought by American International Group, Inc. (AIG), on October 8, 2006. DomainTools.com reports the following typographical variations of ?AIGInsurance?, most of which are cybersquatted WIPO typographical variations of the...

Domain Name Dispute Update: Cybersquatting Trademark Protected .net Domain Names

Posted on March 02, 2009

Pluto Domain Services Found To Have Engaged In a Pattern of Bad Faith Cybersquatting

Posted on February 23, 2009
Domainfight.net provides the following returns for ?Pluto Domain Services? as a respondent in UDRP arbitrations. There is no question that Pluto Domain Services is a habitual cybersquatter under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. Note the bancopopularpr...

Domainers Take A Stand Against Cybersquatting: Rick Schwartz?s Silicon Valley TRAFFIC Show Will Focus on Eliminating Cybersquatters from the Community.

Posted on February 19, 2009
There was time when cybersquatting was pursued vigor as business model. After trademark attorneys and their clients turned up the heat, attitudes changed somewhat. Domainers sought to clean their portfolios of cybersquatted domains in order to avoid domain disputes under...

Cybersquatting the Microsoft Brand: Getting Tough on Trademark Infringement

Posted on February 09, 2009
There has been significant commentary recently on bulletin boards and within the domainer community about Microsoft Corporation's stepped-up online brand protection efforts. Microsoft has been aggressively pursuing any and all domain registrants who have registered domains incorporating any of the...

DOMAINfest Opening Remarks by Oversee President Jeff Kupietzky About the Opportunities in a Down Domain Name Market

Posted on January 28, 2009
I you wondering what Oversee's President Jeff Kupietzky's thinks the opportunities are in this down domain name market? Here is a audio clip of his opening remarks live from DOMAINfest in Hollywood, California. (transcript to follow).Traverse LegAL RadioPlay ShowWith expert...

Domain Name Disputes Handled By WIPO Continue To Rise

Posted on December 31, 2008
DN Journal just noted that WIPO disputes have continued to increase over the past five years, linking to an article at pingdom.com. Pingdom notes that domain disputes have doubled since 2003 and that the United States is the origin of...

Jeff Reynolds at BoycottKentucky.com Explains How Kentucky Has Created Dangerous Precedent

Posted on December 11, 2008
Jeff Reynolds at BoycottKentucky.com Explains How Kentucky Has Created Dangerous Precedent Jeff Reynolds Show Sponsor www.traverselegal.com Transcript Page ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Traverse Legal Radio Tech Spotlight. This program is sponsored by Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm specializing in internet...

What?s In a Name? More and More, a Number: Numeric Value Trend Continues To Explode

Posted on December 09, 2008
The Wall Street Journal has very interesting article on the value of numeric domain names titled What?s In a Name? More and More, a Number Despite Limited Success of Digits, a Numeric Trend Blossoms in Internet Domain Monikers; 10012.com, Anyone?...

Domain Name Dispute Update: Should Complainants in UDRP Proceedings be required to Provide Certified Notice of Other Legal Proceedings Related to Their Trademark Claims

Posted on December 09, 2008
The recent Chillibeans.com panel decision raises some interesting questions. Not apparent in the decision is the fact that the trademark alleged by the complainant is the subject of a cancellation proceeding at the OAIM, Trademark and Design Registration Office of...

The Parking Page Dilemma: Frank Schilling loses chillibeans.com domain under UDRP

Posted on December 02, 2008
There has been some commentary about the recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) decision against white hat domainer Frank Schilling's regarding the chillibeans.com domain. For those who have been paying attention, this decision is not so surprising...

Have You Implemented a Domain Name Strategy? What Every Business and IP Owner Should Know

Posted on November 13, 2008
Have you implemented a domain name strategy? Many established businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups fail to account for their use of domain names in their general business planning. A comprehensive and effective domain name strategy can often boost profits and extend...

.CM ccTLD Sunrise Period is Over; Tradmark Holders Should Still Consider Defensive Pre-Registrations of .CM Second-Level Domain Names

Posted on November 06, 2008
Registrations for second-level .cm country code top-level domain names (ccTLD) are now in full swing. These second-level ccTLDs include .com.cm, .net.cm, and .co.cm. Registrations began on October 15 through NETCOM, located at http://www.netcom.cm. The ...

New .tel Top Level Domain Names Are Open to Registration Soon; Trademark Holders Should Consider Defensive Registrations

Posted on November 04, 2008
Trademark holders will soon be given an opportunity to register their business contact information when the new .tel top-level domain sunset registration period begins in December. The new .tel top-level domain has been said to provide a secure method for...

Introducing DomainFight.net: The World's First UDRP Search Engine

Posted on November 03, 2008
Did you ever want to search both WIPO and NAF cybersquatting decisions without having to access each provider's UDRP search tools? DomainFight.net solves this problem by searching all cybersquatting panel decisions from both WIPO and NAF from a single search...

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