Tag Archives: verizon

Tue 20th October 2015
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Verizon wins initial .Porn domain name dispute - Verizon.porn, for all of your telecom porn needs. Verizon has won a cybersquatting dispute with the registrant of Verizon.porn, the first such dispute to be resolved since the .Porn domain name became available in June. A New York real estate agent registered the domain name on June 4, the day both .Porn and .Adult were offered for sale by registrars. Verizon apparently did not take advantage of being able to register domain names matching its trademark before the domains became available to the ... read more ...
Tue 16th October 2012
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.Com expansion rate negligence (but usually slightly) - Data show a slight reduction in .com growth rate, but it’s still over 8% per year. A couple weeks ago Michael Berkens wrote a story about how the base of .com and .net domain registrations was slowing “to a crawl”. A few days later Treffis issued a report stating “Verisign’s Dropping .com And .net Is A Troubling Trend”. The numbers in Berken’s post didn’t quite make sense to me. The Treffis report refers to .com and .net having a falling market share, ... read more ...
Thu 23rd August 2012
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Above.com settles lawsuit with Verizon - Company settles cybersquatting lawsuit ahead of trial. Above.com and related parties have settled a cybersquatting lawsuit filed by Verizon. The case was filed in February 2011 and Above.com was served during the DOMAINfest Global conference in Santa Monica. The suit alleged that the defendants used a number of false identities to traffic in trademark-infringing domain names. It alleged the company has registered, used and/or provided Above.com privacy service to ... read more ...
Mon 18th July 2011
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Court: Above.com May Be Responsible for Customers’ Domain Names - Judge sides with Verizon, settlement in doubt. A federal district judge has dealt a blow to Above.com in a lawsuit brought against it by Verizon. Chief United States District Judge Audrey Collins has denied Above.com’s motion to dismiss charges of contributory cybersquatting. Above.com and the other defendants have accepted responsibility for registering and monetizing typos of Verizon’s brand names, but argued they shouldn’t be responsible for domain names ... read more ...
Tue 10th May 2011
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Above.com In Settlement Talks with Verizon - Domain company working toward settlement over trademark lawsuit. Above.com is currently in settlement talks with Verizon over a lawsuit brought by Verizon in February, according to court records. Verizon filed the suit against Above.com, parent company Trellian, and some of its key employees back in February. It also served the company during DOMAINfest. The complaint alleges that the defendants use a number of false identities to traffic in trademark-infringing ... read more ...
Fri 28th May 2010
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Verizon Gets Back Into UDRP Game - Verizon files four separate UDRP cases in past couple days. For a while it seemed like Verizon had basically given up on filing UDRP cases. Instead, it opted to just file lawsuits against anyone with trademark typos, even small fry. That may be changing. The company has filed four separate UDRP cases at World Intellectual Property Organization within the past two days. One of those cases is for wwwverizon.com – a typo that should have been at the top of Verizon’s ... read more ...
Tue 25th May 2010
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Two Defendants Respond to Verizon Cybersquatting Lawsuit - Response filed in Verizon domain name lawsuit. Two defendants in a lawsuit filed by Verizon alleging cybersquatting have responded to the suit. Both The Producers, Inc., and Michael Gardner have responded to Verizon’s allegations that they registered domains related to Verizon trademarks. The somewhat bizarre case revolves around what DirectNIC does with domain names when they expire but are not yet deleted. Like most registrars, DirectNIC removes the registrant’s ... read more ...
Mon 8th February 2010
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Verizon Settles Trademark Domain Name Case - Communications company settles lawsuit over typosquatting. Verizon has reached a tentative settlement with 2Cool Guys, LLC, Warren Weitzman, and Arnold Trebach over alleged trademark infringement from domain name typos. The communications company filed the complaint in October, alleging that the defendants parked typos of its popular Verizon trademark in order to earn pay-per-click revenue. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, but two of the three ... read more ...
Mon 19th October 2009
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Verizon Files Another Cybersquatting Lawsuit - Verizon files cybersquatting lawsuit for Verizon.com typos. Verizon is suing 2Cool Guys.LLC (sic), Warren Weitzman, Arnold Trebach, and several John Does for trademark infringement. In the lawsuit, Verizon alleges that the defendants registered domain names that infringe on Verizon’s trademarks and set up various companies to hide their activities. It alleges that the parties use Lead Networks Private Domains Limited as their registrar, which allegedly works with ... read more ...
Thu 9th July 2009
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Comcast Starts Typosquatting Domain Names - IMHO, such “typosquatting”/”DNS help” these ISPs perform is “browser hijacking” (using my standard method of “definition based on actions”). A combination of my problems jover the years with Comcast’s DNS servers (including totally unresponsive DNS servers and the resolutions of domain names only after the second or third request — and using a third-party DNS server violates Comcast’s TOS, the last time I checked) — combined with the fact that Comcast regularly ... read more ...
Thu 4th June 2009
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Congress Beats Up ICANN (Part 3) - Question and answer period at hearing gets testy. In part 1 of our coverage of today’s U.S. House of Representatives hearing on ICANN, DNW covered committee member’s opening remarks. Part two covered witnesses’ opening testimony. The real fireworks started when the committee members asked questions of the witnesses. Committee chairman Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) started the questioning by following up on Verizon’s comments about cybersquatting. (Verizon ... read more ...
Wed 22nd April 2009
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Verizon Voices Concerns about New Top Level Domain Names - Verizon has several recommendations for ICANN — including listening to the recommendations it has already received. I’ve read dozens of comments submitted to ICANN about its new top level domain name applicant guidebook. Perhaps the most thoughtful comments in the latest round were from Verizon (NYSE: VZ), which is known in the domain community for aggressively pursuing cybersquatters. You can read Verizon’s comments here (pdf). I talked to Verizon Vice ... read more ...
Mon 29th December 2008
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2008 Domain Dunce Awards: Verizon - Verizon likes to play both sides of the fence. For that we give it an award. With just a few days left in 2008, I thought I’d write about a couple of the more egregious stories in domain names this year. Think of it as the dumbest moments in domains. The first winner is telecom giant Verizon (NYSE: VZ). Verizon, a member of Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA), aggressively pursues cybersquatters that infringe on its trademarks. There’s nothing wrong ... read more ...
Wed 24th December 2008
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Verizon Wins $33 Million in Cybersquatting Case - Verizon wins default judgment against top 15 domain registrar. Customers of OnlineNic, Inc., a top 15 domain registrar with over 1,000,000 domains registered, should be concerned about the state of the registrar after a judge ordered the company to pay $33 million to Verizon (NYSE: VZ). A judge entered the default judgment of $50,000 for each of the 663 domain names OnlineNic owned that allegedly infringed Verizon’s trademarks. OnlineNic didn’t respond to the ... read more ...
Fri 30th May 2008
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Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not Now - What’s hot in the domain industry, and what’s not? It’s been a few months since I wrote the What’s hot, What’s not article for domain names. A lot has changed since then, so I’ve updated the list. What’s Hot Geo Domains – geo domains have been a cash cow for a long time, but everyone and their mom is talking about them now. The attention will increase before July’s GeoDomain Expo. Conference Fatigue – with so many conferences on the schedule, ... read more ...
Tue 27th May 2008
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Verizon Sued Over Error Redirects - Communications company will have to defend its DNS wildcarding practices. It looked like a slam dunk case for Verizon (NYSE: VZ) when it sued Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc. for trademark infringement. Navigation Catalyst owns a number of domains similar to Verizon’s marks. But Navigation Catalyst found this to be a perfect opportunity to point out that Verizon is a hypocrite. It filed counterclaims citing Verizon’s error redirect system that monetizes typos ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2008
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Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not - A look at current trends in domain names. What are the hottest trends in domain names right now? Where are things headed south? Here’s a quick look. —–What’s HOT—– Four character domains – I’m not sure why everyone is jumping on this bandwagon. But it’s never pretty when most of the sales are between domainers. Do yourself a favor: unless the four character domain you’re buying is an acronym for several organizations or is a word, leave it ... read more ...
Mon 10th March 2008
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Cease & Desist Sent to Domain Owner Based on Redirect Service - Cease desist letter claims infringement based on ISP’s redirect service. Anyone who owns generic acronym domain names is well aware of the possibility of receiving a cease desist letter from someone claiming rights to it. This is particularly prevalent with three and four character domain names, for which any number of companies may hold a trademark or at least use the acronym. Some domain owners completely disable their acronym domains rather than park them, ... read more ...