Tag Archives: Apple

Wed 12th September 2012
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On day of iPhone 5 announcement, iPhone5.com sits dark - Apple owns the domain name but does nothing with it. Back in May Apple did something smart: it went after the iPhone5.com domain name well in advance of the launch of the new device. A week after Apple filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization, the owner of the domain name relinquished control. The domain name is now owned by Apple and pointing to the apple.com nameservers. Thanks to Apple’s advance work it was primed and ready for today’s ... read more ...
Thu 12th July 2012
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Apple starts forwarding iPad3.com to the web site — and it’s tracking it, too - Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple’s lawyers Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton. For a while after the transfer to Apple’s lawyers the domain didn’t resolve at all. Now it forwards to the iPad page on Apple. Here’s the full URL I’m forwarded to when ... read more ...
Fri 29th June 2012
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Apple final iPad3.com domain name - Apple files complaint over iPad3.com domain name. [Update: the registrant of iPad3.com has turned the domain over to Apple.] Apple didn’t name its third generation iPad the “iPad 3″, but that hasn’t stopped most people from calling it that anyway. The company doesn’t own the domain name iPad3.com, but that might change soon. The company has asked an arbitration panel to transfer the domain name to it. Apple filed a case with World Intellectual Property Organization ... read more ...
Thu 29th December 2011
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Apple “wins”, though plays whac-a-mole with counterfeiters - Company wins domain name dispute, but it won’t do the company much good. Apple has won a domain name dispute against what it alleges to be an outfit selling counterfeit Apple products. But it might have to continue chasing the perpetrators. In May the company won a domain name dispute for apple-downloads.com and apple-oem.com. The company alleged at the time that both domain names were used to sell what were likely pirated our counterfeit copies of its software. Fast ... read more ...
Mon 22nd August 2011
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iPhone Jailbreak Site Files Lawsuit Over Domain Name - Company behind Cydia app directory files lawsuit. After losing a dispute under the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP) in March, a jailbreak iPhone app store has filed a lawsuit in an effort to get the domain name Cydia.com. Saurikit, LLC has a directory of apps that work on jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches that it hosts at cydia.saurik.com. It also has a U.S. trademark for “Cydia”. Earlier this year it filed a UDRP to get Cydia.com. The UDRP ... read more ...
Fri 5th August 2011
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Apple Goes After High Traffic iTunes Typo Domain Names - Apple asks arbitration panel to give it typo domain names. Apple has filed a dispute with World Intellectual Property Forum over two high traffic typos of iTunes.com. The complaint covers wwiTunes.com and wwwiTunes.com, both of which take advantage fat fingered web surfers who still insist on typing “www” before domain names. Compete.com shows that wwwiTunes.com gets thousands of unique typo visitors a month. Although the domains get traffic, Apple customers can’t ... read more ...
Thu 26th May 2011
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Apple Sues Owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com, Then Dismisses Case - Seller of white iPhones sued. Apple has sued the owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com (as well as the domain name itself), but then filed to dismiss the case on the same day (pdf). However, the dismissal is “without prejudice”, meaning it can be refiled. It’s possible Apple was already in settlement talks with the owner or is refiling the case elsewhere. Apple alleges the owner used the site to sell conversion kits to make the traditionally black iPhone white. The ... read more ...
Fri 12th November 2010
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Is Apple Entitled to Appl.com? - Company files complaint over four letter domain name. It’s not the first time. Apple Inc. filed complaints with World Intellectual Property Forum this week over two domain names it feels are typos of Apple.com. One case is against Appl.com and the other is against apple.com aplle.com. On the surface it would appear that Appl.com is a generic four character domain name. Yet the pay-per-click ads on the site mention the electronics maker. Earlier this year Apple ... read more ...
Tue 14th September 2010
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Forget Cybersquatting. How About App Store Squatting? - Apple limits time you can reserve app name. Here’s an interesting article from Cult of Mac about a different type of squatting: app store squatting. We all know how important it is to have a good domain name. The same goes for your iPhone/iPod/iPad app on iTunes. But did you know you can reserve a name for your iPhone app for ever, blocking other app creators from using it? Well, until now. It used to be that you could pay $99 and reserve your app name. Now ... read more ...
Tue 29th December 2009
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iGuide for Apple Tablet? Not Likely. - Domain records show Apple connection to iGuide.com unlikely. If you’re one of the many Apple bloggers out there, your holiday season has been filled with speculation about Apple’s upcoming tablet. The consensus is that will be called iSlate, since Apple has acquired the iSlate.com domain name. But another possibility is iGuide. MacRumors points to an Apple trademark application for iGuide. Robin Wauters over at TechCrunch did some investigating and comes to ... read more ...
Thu 19th November 2009
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Apple Belatedly Gets iPodNano.com Domain Name - Better late than never, Apple gets iPodNano.com domain name. It took about four years, but Apple has finally gotten its hands on the iPodNano.com domain name. Apple filed for arbitration with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name. The owner of the domain name, Fusion Media Ltd., did not respond to the complaint and the arbitrator found in Apple’s favor. Fusion Media registered the domain name in September 5, 2005, two days before Apple officially introduced ... read more ...
Wed 16th September 2009
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Apple Fights for Mexican Domain Name - iPod and iTunes maker fights for Mexican country code domain name. Apple, Inc. has launched a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain name iTunes.com.mx. .Mx is Mexico’s country code, and .com.mx is the standard second level domain used in the country (although Mexico is now opening up .mx at the first level). The arbitration panel should render a decision on whether Apple gets the domain name within a couple months. This isn’t ... read more ...
Mon 30th March 2009
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5 Reasons To Not Buy a Mac - Get off your high horse, Apple fan boys. Two high profile domainers recently made the switch from PC to Mac. I’m not joining the club. My wife’s employer forces her to use a mac, and actually using one of these things shows you they aren’t perfect and not worth the fuss. Before I get started with 5 reasons to not buy a Mac, here’s a little situational humor… I was sitting with a group of entrepreneurs the other day. One said he was having problems with ... read more ...