Tag Archives: legal

Fri 13th September 2013
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9 String Confusion Objections dismissed, Commercial Connect loses 8 - .Shop applicant Commercial Connect is the big loser in the latest batch of String Confusion Objections. After a long drought, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) has posted an updated list of String Confusion Objection decisions. Today’s list includes nine more determinations, all found in favor of the applicant for the domains. First, Verisign lost its objection to Donuts’ application for .network. Verisign argued that it was too similar to .net. The ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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String difficulty objections grub to a halt - No string confusion objection decisions have been published since August 28. Has the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) ceased publishing results from string confusion objections in the wake of contradictory decisions? It sure seems that way. The group had been on a roll publishing decisions. It published a number of August 26. Two days later it published even more decisions. Then on August 29 it published an updated decision list in which the only ... read more ...
 
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Indian wiring tradesman Croma guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Croma went after a domain registered a decade before its existence. Infiniti Retail Ltd., a TaTa company that runs the Indian electronics chain Croma, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which operates at CromaRetail.com, filed a UDRP to get the domain name Croma.com. It didn’t start using the Croma brand until 2006, which is a full decade after the owner of Croma.com registered the domain name. Croma.com had been in use to promote ... read more ...
Wed 11th September 2013
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Typosquatting domain liberation organisation CitizenHawk acquired - CitizenHawk acquired by legal and brand services firm. Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS) has acquired CitizenHawk, Inc., a company that helps companies protect their brands in domain names. CitizenHawk is primarily a typosquatting recovery firm. It helps companies obtain typos of their domain names, often times ones that are held by cybersquatters. Although its business model has shifted over the years, it primarily acquires typos with no upfront cost ... read more ...
 
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Name.space files Opening Brief in interest of new TLD lawsuit - Company claims new TLD program is a conspiracy to enrich a select few and that ICANN is violating antitrust laws. Name.space has filed its opening brief in an appeal of a lawsuit it brought against ICANN last year. Name.space operates an “alternative root” whereby certain internet users can access domain names such as .online and .blog. It applied to have 118 of its alt-root domain names become part of the official root during ICANN’s 2000 “proof of concept ... read more ...
 
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Whoops! New TLD auction lawyers also representing Name.space in fit to hindrance program - Morrison Foerster has worked on private TLD auctions while also representing name.space in its lawsuit against the new TLD program. Earlier today I wrote about name.space’s opening brief in its appeal to a lawsuit it filed against ICANN last year. Name.space, which runs an alternate root with many domain names that are identical to ones being applied for in the new top level domain program, sued ICANN last year and asked the court to halt the new top level domain ... read more ...
Tue 10th September 2013
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First village conflict decisions: .Architect conflict prevails, .Fly and .Gay fail - ICC issues first three community objection decisions. More controversy about new top level domain names is coming as the first community objection decisions have been released by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The International Union of Architects was successful in its objection to Donuts’ application for .architect. The group is backing a community application filed by Starting Dot for .archi. In a statement, Donuts spokesperson Mason Cole said “We ... read more ...
 
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Key takeaways from .Architect village conflict decision - The .Architect objection had some unique characteristics, but the panelist’s decision may concern other applicants. The International Chamber of Commerce today issued its decision (pdf) on an objection to Donuts’ application for the .architect top level domain name. The panelist found in favor of the objector, International Union of Architects (UIA), which is backing a rival application for .archi. As we found with string similarity objections, different panelists ... read more ...
Mon 9th September 2013
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Amazon.com appeals stupid IDN fibre difficulty objection - Amazon asks ICANN to ignore bad string confusion objection decision. Amazon.com has appealed to ICANN’s board to overrule a decision in a string confusion objection that placed its new TLD application for .通販 in a contention set with .shop. Panelist Robert Nau ruled that .通販, which loosely translates to “online shopping”, would cause confusion amongst internet users when compared to .shop. It was truly an awful decision, and I can understand Amazon’s ... read more ...
 
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Merck KGaA sues Merk & Co. over .merck tip turn domain name - Company files two lawsuits in .merck dispute. Merck KGaA, one of the applicants for the .merck top level domain names, has filed two lawsuits against competing applicant Merck Co. According to a reconsideration request (pdf) Merck KGaA filed with ICANN, it has filed suit in District Court in Hamburg, Germany as well as in the United Kingdom. Merck Co was formerly a U.S. subsidiary of Merck KGaA that was confiscated by the US government during World War I and then ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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How to write a minute to ICANN for limit impact - Get noticed! Get your opinion heard! Here’s a guide to sending a letter to ICANN. ICANN is somewhat unique in that it publishes much of the correspondence it receives. This means a lot of interest groups and stakeholders in the ICANN process tailor their letters for public consumption, not for ICANN. For this reason, I’ve put together a handy guide on how you can get the most out of your letter to ICANN. Address your letter to ICANN’s CEO, Board, and everyone ... read more ...
Wed 4th September 2013
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Verisign lists the grievances with ICANN - VP of Policy cites six ways ICANN could be more accountable. During the ICANN meeting in Durban in July, Verisign VP of Policy Chuck Gomes complained that ICANN’s number one priority seemed to be “protecting ICANN the corporation”, and that this came before serving the public interest. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade asked Gomes to provide a list of areas where ICANN could increase its accountability. Gomes has formally responded, citing six items. One of Gomes’ grievances ... read more ...
Mon 2nd September 2013
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Owner of Corediagnostics.in Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - M/s. Core Diagnostics filed UDRP against domain name registered a decade before it was founded. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Richard Hill has found M/s. Core Diagnostics, owner of CoreDiagnostics.in, guilty of attempting reverse domain name hijacking. The Indian company started its business in 2011 and registered its trademarks in 2012. Still, it filed a UDRP against the owner of corediagnostics.com, who registered the domain name in 2001. The ... read more ...
Sat 31st August 2013
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17 new tip turn domain registry contracts signed - Finally some progress for new TLD applicants, but it’s slow. ICANN has updated its statistics through yesterday for the number of new top level domain contracts it has signed. It signed 13 contracts this past week. 12 of those were signed by Donuts, which leaves just one other company signing an agreement this week. (Unless some of the contracts Donuts signed haven’t been fully executed.) Given that eleven of the contracts Donuts signed this week are not IDNs, ... read more ...
Fri 30th August 2013
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Lawsuit opposite new TLD applicant Famous Four is dismissed - Lawsuit was filed over plans for .bim top level domain, which never got off the ground. A group of investors in a failed top level domain bid have dropped their lawsuit against Famous Four Media, Domain Venture Partners, and some of the company’s principals. David Ways and a handful of his friends and family said they paid nearly $123,000 to the defendants to get the .bim top level domain name off the ground. Ways alleged that he was promised that he would become ... read more ...
 
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Sina tops Tencent in conflict over Weibo tip turn domain names - Panel handles tricky case involving what many consider a generic term. In a heavyweight battle of Chinese internet stars, Sina Corporation has won two objections it lodged against Tencent for the top level domain names .微博 and .weibo. Sina and Tencent were the only applicants for .weibo and .微博, so the contention set has been settled. I’m not so sure about the outcome of these Legal Rights Objections. But my feelings echo dissenting panelist Matthew Harris, ... read more ...
 
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For The Limited, “The” comes behind to haunt it in another domain case - The brand is The Limited, not Limited. There were many reasons that new TLD applicant Donuts prevailed in a legal rights objection filed by fashion retailer Limited over .limited. One of those was that “The” is a big part of the The Limited brand. “The Limited” does not equal “Limited”. This topic has come up again in a UDRP that Limited Stores filed against the owner of LimitedCoupon.com. In determining if LimitedCoupon.com is confusingly similar to a ... read more ...
Thu 29th August 2013
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Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On Generic Parajumpers.com By Owner Of Parajumpers.it - PJS International SA of Luxembourg just lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Parajumpers.com which is owned by Vertical Axis who was represented by Esquire.com The three member panel failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking although the domain name Parajumpers.com was registered  4 years before the trademark was granted and 3 years before the complainant even registered its own domain name. Here are the relevant facts and finding by the Panel: The trademark PARAJUMPERS has been registered ... read more ...
 
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Chanel & Adidas/Reebok File More Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuits - Both Chanel and Adidas/Rebook filed federal lawsuits today over domain names. These are separate suits to the suits Chanel and Adidas filed last week. Both suits as the one’s filed last week, were filed in the Florida Southern District Court. Here are the 54 domain names subject to the latest suit by Adidas/Reebok: 11proboots.com 2013jeremyscottxadidas.com 4footballshirts.com adidas-nike-jp.com adidasjeremyscottsaustralia.com adidasoriginalssuperstar2.com adidasporschedesignbounce.com adidassneaker.org adidaswings4sales.com all-wholesaler.com billige-nike-fussballschuhe.com billigereeboksko.com brdclothstyle.com brownsneaks.com buyjerseys.us canada-jerseys.com chaussuresadidasjeremyscott.com cheapjerseys88.com cheapnba-mart.com cheapnbajerseywholesale.com clothingwholesaletrade.com cr7soccersales.com danmarkreebok.com dnike.com easytunereebok.com exportroad.com fineworkshops.com goemwholesaler.com jeremyscottadidascollection.com jerseybuy365.com jerseysfreetax.com jerseysshoppe.com kevinshoes.com mercurialsuperfly8.com nikeairmaxdeals4u.com nikeairmaxtnsko.com nikevipjerseys.com okshopshoes.com ralphlaurenus.com shirtforsoccer.com shopcheapnhljerseys.com skoronline.org sneakersaleclub.net soccer-wholesale.com soccerbootoutlet.com soccerjerseys1store.com sparta7.com sportjerseysfactory.com styleaaa.com thisjerseysb.com uniformfootball.com wholesale-soccer-jersey168.com wholesale-soccerjersey.com wholesalebrand.org   Here ... read more ...
 
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Analyzing new TLD fibre conflict panelists - A breakdown of panelists’ decisions and what went wrong. I’ve called String Confusion Objections a clusterf@ck based on seemingly conflicting opinions by different panelists. It’s clear that which panelist is assigned to a case has a lot to do with the outcome, which is a sign of a poorly designed system. Whether it’s ICANN’s fault or International Centre for Dispute Resolution’s fault is up for debate, although I’ll point out ICANN gave very little ... read more ...
 
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Here are a blank Amazon and .Pets new TLD documents - Domain Name Wire data recovery services to the rescue. This morning I read Amazon.com’s spirited response to the Governmental Advisory Committee’s advice to kill .amazon. This afternoon, shortly after Top Level Domain Holdings CEO Antony Van Couvering tweeted about the response, he noticed that the document suddenly disappeared from ICANN’s website. Indeed, here’s what you’ll see next to .amazon on the GAC advice page: What happened? It’s hard to say. ... read more ...
Wed 28th August 2013
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ICANN to start constrictive routine on “uncalculated risk” strings - Applicants can start the contract process but can’t sign agreements yet. ICANN has released an update on how it’s handling potential name collisions with new top level domain names as it relates to contracting. The group will move forward with the contracting process even on strings that fall into the “uncalculated risk” bucket – but it won’t execute the contracts just yet. ICANN anticipates it will take 3-6 months to further study the potential effects ... read more ...
 
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Verisign wins conflict opposite .ecom tip turn domain name - Panelist says .ecom may rise to the level of being “deceptive” compared to .com. Verisign has killed off eCommerce Inc.’s application for the .ecom top level domain name by winning a string similarity objection. Verisign, which acts as the registry for .com domain names, said it was probable that internet users would be confused by web addresses ending in .com and .ecom. It also said it is worried that registrants of .ecom domains might be confused, thinking ... read more ...
Tue 27th August 2013
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Chanel, Inc. Files Suit Against Cybersquatters over 68 Domain Names - Chanel, Inc has become the latest brand holder to skip the UDRP process and head right for federal court. Chanel filed a federal suit in the Florida Southern District Court seeking $100,000 under the ACPA seeking statutory damages of $100,00 per domain and attorney fees as well as counterfeiting, false designation of origin, cybersquatting, and common law unfair competition Here are the domain name subject to the suit: 24onlinebags.com aboutfoot.com all-wholesaler.com amazing4scarf.com apparelto.net bagbrands.org bags-stores.com bagsoffers.net best-wholesalers.com brandfashiontop.net bzonetradediy.com chanelacquisto.com chanelbag2013.com chanelbagsboutique.com chanelbagsforwomen.net chanelborseita.com chanelpaschersoldes.com chbagsoutlet.us cheapchanel2012.org cheapforclothing.com china-discount-handbags.com chinafashionhouse.com chrome-clothing.net clothing-brand.com cnbestsell.com cnwantbuybags.com cosmohit.com discountluxurybags.com ebackshop.com ec24online.com emilysluxury.com handbagxyz.com icclothes.com ilikereplica.com iofferluxurygoods.com ioffermac.com jeans007.com jessyjadebag.com jixingtrade.com lujosolv.com luxury4u.cn luxurybagsoffer.com luxuryreplicashop.com menedzfahionstyle.com my8mart.com mypursesale.com onlineshopping888.com outletstoreshoe.com perfect-clones.co pop-replica.com puretime.co qualitymost.com replicabagsnow.com replicaleboybags.org replicas-handbags.net replicaworlds.com salebybulk.com sell-cheapshoes.com shoesexpress.net shoesjerseysonline.com shopluxbags.com soaho.org urbanclothesdiscount.com vancleefarpelsmall.com vivisbag.com watchisnice.com yahuaaa.com zoolbags.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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30 Community and Limited Public Interest objections withdrawn - 30 new top level domain name objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce have been terminated. Objectors have withdrawn 30 new TLD objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce as of yesterday, according to the group’s updated list of objections. 27 are community objections and three are limited public interest objections. Although some of the objections have been withdrawn because the top level domain application withdrew its application ... read more ...