Tag Archives: Transamerica

Wed 6th January 2010
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Transamerica Dismisses Moniker from Lawsuit, Win for Domain Registrars - Oversee.net and related companies dropped from Transamerica lawsuit. Transamerica has dismissed Moniker, Oversee.net, Domain Systems, and Moniker Privacy Services LLC from its lawsuit over alleged trademark infringement. The parties filed a Joint Stipulation for Dismissal with prejudice on December 28, 2009. Moniker also withdrew its request for sanctions under Rule 11. This is a big win for domain name registrars. Since the beginning, Moniker claimed it was merely ... read more ...
Mon 14th December 2009
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Judge Nixes Moniker’s Motion to Dismiss, Repercussions for Domain Registrars - Judge says defendants are more than just a domain name registrar. United States District Judge Cecilia Altonaga has squashed a motion to dismiss by domain name registrar Moniker in its battle with Transamerica. In a 25 page order (pdf), Altonaga denied Moniker’s motion and renewed a debate about whether domain name registrars can be held liable for their customer’s behavior. The judge was not attempting to judge Transamerica’s allegations, but merely if the ... read more ...
Mon 14th September 2009
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Lawyers: We Started Investigating Moniker in 2005 - Lawyers say investigation against Moniker has been long-running. For the record, I have no idea if any of the allegations in Transamerica’s lawsuit against Moniker are true. But I do know that its lawyers bungled the first complaint they filed. It was rife with many “gotchas” that could be proven false with cursory investigation. So I was somewhat surprised to see, in an opposition to Moniker’s request for more time to make a filing, that the law firm says ... read more ...
Tue 11th August 2009
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Moniker to Request Sanctions Against Transamerica in Lawsuit - Moniker and Oversee to ask for sanctions against Transamerica over cybersquatting lawsuit. Domain name registrar Moniker and parent company Oversee.net intend to request sanctions against Transamerica for a lawsuit the insurance company filed against them, according to a legal filing. The filing requested an extension to the time the defendants have to respond to the lawsuit, and notes: …the Defendants will soon be serving a motion for sanctions pursuant to Fed. ... read more ...
Wed 8th July 2009
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Transamerica Sues Moniker Over Trademarked Domain Names - Insurance giant sues domain registrar, but red flags abound. Insurance company Transamerica has filed a lawsuit against Moniker, Oversee.net, and multiple John Does in United States District Court in the Southern District of Florida. The suit alleges that Moniker registered domain names including the Transamerica trademark and used these to profit for pay-per-click and pay-per-lead programs. Transamerica did not provide proof linking Moniker directly to any of ... read more ...