Tag Archives: anti-cybersquatting

Fri 5th December 2014
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Porn site user sues cybersquatters - Company goes after alleged cybersquatters of its adult site brands. The company behind PornHub.com, RedTube.com and YouPorn.com has filed multiple lawsuits in U.S. District court against the owners of at least ten domain names it alleges are cybersquatting on its brands. The lawsuit was filed by Licensing IP International S.à.r.l., which is commonly known as MindGeek. Targeted in the suits are typos, country codes and other domains that contain its brands: PoernHub.com, ... read more ...
Thu 9th June 2011
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Company Files Cybersquatting Claim Against Twitter Username - Can a Twitter username be cybersquatting? One insurance company thinks so. Here’s an interesting lawsuit I just discovered that attempts to stretch the bounds of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection act. Insurance company Conventry First has filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) against whomever is using the CoventryFirst username on Twitter, i.e. twitter.com/coventryfirst. But in addition to complaining about plain old trademark infringement, the company has thrown ... read more ...
Mon 11th October 2010
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Microsoft Files Cybersquatting Lawsuit Over Bing Domain Names - Microsoft goes after Bing cybersquatters. Microsoft has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against a California man and several John Does over their registration of domain names containing the “Bing” mark. The suit lists 21 allegedly infringing domain names ranging from aolbing.com to BingPornTube.com to Bing-Search.com. Microsoft says that over 1,500 domain names containing “bing” were registered each month in the two months following the announcement of its search ... read more ...
Thu 17th December 2009
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Goodwill Non-Profit Sues to Get Goodwill.com Domain Name - Charity sues company that bought domain name for $55,000 in NameJet domain name auction. Non-profit Goodwill Industries International has sued the owner of Goodwill.com for alleged trademark infringement. The lawsuit (pdf) names Cyber2Media, Inc., the owner of the domain, and Oversee.net, which briefly monetized the domain on its DomainSponsor platform, as defendants. For years, the domain name Goodwill.com was used by Goodwill Group, Inc., a Japanese staffing company. ... read more ...