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: Trademark BlogDomain Name Wire: Commentary on GoDaddy
By Marty Schwimmer
Domain Name Wire: "Commentary: Why Standard Tactics is a Problem":
The domain industry has a black mark on its record and a public image problem because of cybersquatting and typosquatting. GoDaddy isn?t helping. Standard Tactics owns trademarked domain names. We don?t know how many, but based on existing UDRP filings and domains that have closed on TDNAM, you can bet it?s substantial. Names like GetGenericAmbien.com and JunoDSL.com are clear trademark violations. By owning these domains (until they were served arbitration papers) GoDaddy is perpetuating the problem.
Full post as published by Trademark Blog on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).
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