Tag Archives: lawsuits

Tue 3rd July 2012
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Entrepreneur Media continues to sue entrepreneurs who use a word entrepreneur - Got ‘entrepreneur’ in your name? If you publish information to help entrepreneurs, you might be sued. Entrepreneur Media (EMI), the company that publishes Entrepreneur magazine, continues to file lawsuits against people that use the term entrepreneur in their name or domain name. The latest lawsuit was filed July 2 against JMD Entertainment Group, a Maryland company that owns the domain name entrepreneursedge.tv. You’re not alone if you find the company’s ... read more ...
Sun 24th June 2012
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Company sues over stolen domains after losing UDRP - Austin Rare Coins asks court to hand over allegedly stolen domain names. An Austin company has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit in an effort to get control over eight domain names it says were stolen from its possession. Austin Rare Coins, Inc. first turned to National Arbitration Forum with a UDRP filing to try to get the domain names back. The panel awarded it one domain but not the others, saying it didn’t prove any trademark rights to most of the domain ... read more ...
Thu 31st May 2012
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College Hunks and Strong Students quarrel in justice after UDRP - A muscular lawsuit. This lawsuit creates and amusing visual. Strong Students Moving, Inc. has sued (pdf) College Hunks Hauling Junk after the former lost a domain to the latter through a UDRP case. Shaun Robinson of Strong Students Moving, Inc. alleges that he registered the domain name collegehunksmoving.com while he was negotiating with College Hunks Hauling Junk to form a new business venture. The business deal didn’t go through, and earlier this year College ... read more ...
Thu 24th May 2012
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Jeweler sues Oversee.net for cybersquatting - Jeweler files claim over six domain registrations. Jewelry company Tacori Enterprises has sued Oversee.net in U.S. District Court for cybersquatting. Tacori alleges (pdf) that Oversee.net is cybersquatting with at least six domain names: Taccori.com Tacorri.com Tacoriiv.com TacoriRings.com Tacoti.com Tracori.com Tacori alleges that Oversee.net “is a serial cybersquatter who registers, uses, and traffics in domain names that are confusingly similar to famous or distinctive ... read more ...
Wed 7th September 2011
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Guy Sues Alamo Car Rental After Losing UDRP - Man in the home of the Alamo sues after losing UDRP for Alamo domain name. A San Antonio man has sued Vanguard Trademark Holdings USA LLC, which manages the Alamo car rental trademarks, after losing a UDRP for the domain name AlamoClub.com. John K. Rivenburgh found himself on the losing end of a decision handed down by National Arbitration Forum panelist Maninder Singh. If you read the complaint, you’ll find Rivenburgh’s claimed use of the domain rather plausible. ... read more ...
Thu 25th August 2011
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Judge Dismisses Verizon Lawsuit Against DirectNIC - Judge grants Motion to Dismiss against large domain name registrar and its parent company. The judge presiding over Verizon’s cybersquatting lawsuit has granted a Motion to Dismiss (pdf) filed by Intercosmos Media Group, Inc., directNIC, LLC and Domain Contender, LLC for lack of personal jurisdiction. Domain Contender is a subsidiary of directNIC and directNIC is a subsidiary of Intercosmos. Verizon argued that the entities had operations in Florida. The court found ... 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 ...
Sun 14th August 2011
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Trader Joe’s Sues Grocery Delivery Web Site - Trader Joe’s unhappy with food delivery service. Fast growing and trendy grocery store chain Trader Joe’s has sued the owner of TJsDeliveryService.com for trademark infringement. The web site technically stands for “Traffic Jam’s” delivery service, but the site is forward about what it does: delivers groceries from Trader Joe’s directly to your home: After taking requests from family and friends to bring these products with us when visiting, we realized ... read more ...
Fri 5th August 2011
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Depositions Begin in Women.com Case with Sedo and NBC Universal - Representatives of domain broker and NBC to be questioned over failed transaction. Depositions will begin next week in a lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com and Women.net. The suit was originally brought by DONE! Ventures against NBC Universal after the latter allegedly failed to complete a sale agreement for the domain names for $1 million. Sedo was later added to the suit for failing to enforce the agreement. Next week in Boston Kathy Nielson, Jeremiah ... read more ...
Wed 29th June 2011
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When a Business Relationship Goes Sour, Make Sure You Own a Domain Name - Another lawsuit shows that domain names are important intellectual property. I’ve written numerous times about web design companies holding a client’s domain name hostage. Here’s another cautionary tale about domain name ownership. A Florida company called StableTracker.com, Inc says that its former outsourced tech team has stolen its intellectual property and its domain name (pdf). StableTracker.com, Inc. says it contracted with the (now) defendants to perform ... read more ...
Tue 28th June 2011
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Domain Brand Management Company Says It Will Sue Over IVX.com - After losing UDRP, IVX says it will go to court for domain name. Last week I wrote about Dutch company Besloten Vennootschap IVX Networks Europe B.V. The brand management and global domain name registration company uses the domain name IVX.eu. It filed a UDRP against the owner of IVX.com and lost. An astute reader has picked up that the company tweeted it will now sue to get the domain name: shame: lost WIPO arbitration case about ivx.com domain.. Monday to sollicitor: ... read more ...
Wed 22nd June 2011
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Owner of .Com Domain Sues for .Co Domain Name - Real estate firm sues owner of .co. The owner of a .com domain name has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to get the .co version of their domain name. This is the first such .co federal anticybersquatting lawsuit I’m aware of (although there have been plenty of UDRPs and I don’t think a complainant has lost yet). Real estate company Sibcy Cline filed the in rem lawsuit against SibcyCline.co. The firm registered both SibcyCline.com and Sibcy.com way back in 1995. But someone ... read more ...
Sun 12th June 2011
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Cricket.com Changes Web Site After Lawsuit - Site no longer shows ads related to mobile phones. Cricket.com owner Global Cricket Ventures hasn’t formally responded to Cricket Communications’ lawsuit over the domain name Cricket.com — at least in court. But it has drastically changes its web site to eliminate all references and ads related to mobile phones. The site is now just a bare bones one page web site with a couple news feeds about cricket and a score board. Gone is the fantasy cricket offering ... 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 ...
Tue 7th June 2011
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Sedo Asks Court to Dismiss Women.com Lawsuit on Jurisdiction Claims - Domain broker says lawsuit should not be heard in California. Done! Ventures has fought and won a jurisdiction battle in its lawsuit over Women.com already. Now it has to gear up for another fight. Sedo, which was recently added to the lawsuit originally filed against GE/NBC Universal for a failed transaction to purchase Women.com and Women.net, has asked the court to dismiss the case on jurisdiction grounds (pdf). According to Sedo’s court filing, Done! Ventures ... read more ...
Tue 31st May 2011
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Hospitality Company Claims Leisure.com Infringes Its Trademarks - Company wants to trade up to better domain name through lawsuit. Leisure Hotel Corporation has filed a lawsuit against the owner of Leisure.com claiming trademark infringement, counterfeiting, false designations of origin, and cybersquatting (pdf). Let me ask you a simple question: If you were the person who plunked down $150,000 to buy Leisure.com a couple years ago, what would you plan to do with it? The most obvious thing would be a site about travel. It’s ... read more ...
Fri 18th February 2011
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Zuccarini Files Another Lawsuit, This Time Adding ICANN to a List - Zuccarini sues three companies for negligence. John Zuccarini has filed another lawsuit (pdf) stemming from the sale of 14 domain names on NameJet. In this case he counts Network Solutions, NameJet, and now ICANN as defendants. Zuccarini owes the IRS and creditors $550,000, some of which involves a cybersquatting judgment against him. A court-appointed receiver was holding some of his domain names to satisfy these debts, but he accidentally let some of them expire. ... read more ...
Tue 14th December 2010
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After Losing UDRP, Complainant Sues to Get FirstQuote.com - Earlier this year a workers compensation insurance company that has a trademark for 1stQuote lost a UDRP for the domain name FirstQuote.com. On the balance, the panel found that the domain name owner registered it due to the generic nature of the domain name. Now the complainant is taking the matter to the courts, filing an in rem case (pdf) against the domain name FirstQuote.com. Interestingly, the UDRP was filed by Aspen Holdings, Inc, while the lawsuit was filed ... read more ...
Thu 30th September 2010
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GoDaddy.com’s Size Comes Back to Haunt it in uBid Court Case - Court rules that world’s largest domain name registrar can face a lawsuit in Illinois. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has dealt a blow to domain name registrar Go Daddy, deciding that Go Daddy should face a cybersquatting lawsuit filed by uBid in Illionis. uBid, which is based in Illinois, sued Go Daddy because some of the registrar’s customers registered typos of uBid.com and these domains were parked with advertisements by Go Daddy. Go ... read more ...
Tue 21st September 2010
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DONE! Ventures Calls B.S. on NBC Over Women.com Deal - Company continues push to make NBC honor sale of Women.com and .net. DONE! Ventures has filed an opposition (pdf) to NBC Universal’s Motion to Dismiss its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com and Women.net. DONE! had agreed to purchase the two domain names through NBC’s broker Sedo for $1 million. However, NBC backed out of the deal after it was allegedly vetoed by NBC Universal President CEO Jeff Zucker. DONE! sued to force NBC to complete the deal. NBC ... read more ...
Mon 30th August 2010
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Lawsuit Against Original CamRoulette.com Owner Settled - Case dropped pending settlement. A lawsuit filed against the original registrant of CamRoulette.com has been settled. Craig Snyder (not related to the Oversee.net employee) originally registered CamRoulette.com and sold it for $1,200. But another person, Fraser Brown, said he had already agreed to purchase the domain name from Snyder for $700 before Snyder sold it to the other party for $1,200. It likely wouldn’t have bothered anyone if it weren’t for the domain ... read more ...
 
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Michael Phelps Foundation Sues Over Domain Name - Swimmer’s foundation goes after domain name owner. The non-profit Michael Phelps Foundation, established by the Olympic swimmer, has sued to get the domain name MichaelPhelpsFoundation.com. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maine, names Domains by Proxy, Inc., a domain whois proxy service, and Does 1-10 as defendants. It is typical for a proxy service to be named in a lawsuit and it is typically dropped once the proxy service transfers the domain back to ... read more ...
Tue 27th July 2010
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Court Rules in BME.com Cybersquatting Case, Could Affect Domain Owners - BME.com case ruling could affect domain owners. A United States District Court ruling in a case between Gregory Ricks and BMEZine over the domain name BME.com has some interesting implications for domain name owners. (For background on the case, see Ricks Files Lawsuit to Retain Control of BME.com) Without getting into all the details of what was argued, here are some of the court’s decisions (large pdf) worth noting: 1. The court held that a re-registration of ... read more ...
Wed 7th July 2010
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NBC Universal and DONE! Fight Over What to Do With Women.com - Domain name losing value as lawsuit works its way through the courts. DONE! Ventures lawsuit against NBC Universal and General Electric Company has been moved from state court to U.S. District Court, and there the parties are fighting over what to do with the domain names pending trial. As background, DONE! sued NBC after a deal by the former to purchase Women.com and Women.net for $1 million fell through. DONE! is asking for NBC to follow through on the deal, which ... read more ...
Wed 16th June 2010
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Court Denies Emergency Injunction for Zuccarini Domains Sold during NameJet - Just filed for VeriSign, let’s see what they say… A. The Illegal Transfer of John Zuccarini’s Domain Names and VeriSign’s Culpability. There are two central issues before The Court related to VeriSign Inc. (“VeriSign”) the registrar for all .com and .net domain names, and it’s working relationship with all .com and .net registrars. That is, does a domain name registry have the power to correct an illegal action by a domain name registrar, as in this case the illegal transfer ... read more ...