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Tag: Cybersquatting

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Posted on November 20, 2022 Domain Names Secondary Liability

Squatting not like tango; it doesn’t take two

Venkat Balasubramani, over at Eric Goldman’s place, reports on another court suggesting that there is no such thing as contributory cybersquatting, in a case that illuminates... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Enforcement

Trademarks are forever?

No, not necesarily, but the DeBeers name is still pretty good currency when it comes to selling diamonds: A New York diamond merchant acted in... Read more

Posted on January 7, 2020 Domain Names

Roping that domain back in

Domain names, quite contrary to my expectations a few years ago, have gotten more valuable than ever – especially, as Gerald Levine points out in... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2017 Secondary Liability

Fallout from 9th Circuit’s “nuclear option” on cybersquatting secondary liability

Did the 9th Circuit’s opinion last week in Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com  (9th Cir. Dec. 4, 2013) really “kill” secondary liability for trademark infringement under the Anticybersquatting Consumer... Read more

Posted on April 20, 2016 Trademarks and trademark law

Inducement to contribute to infringe … to roll on

Michael Atkins: Novel causes of action for contributory cybersquatting and contributory dilution appear to viable here in the Western District [of Washington]. On Jan. 12,... Read more

Posted on February 9, 2016 Secondary Liability

Petroliam Nasional Berhard to SCOTUS: Gimme shelter

In December 2013 I wrote, mostly cribbing from Jane Coleman‘s commentary, about the very dubious Ninth Circuit decision in Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com (9th Cir.... Read more

Posted on September 5, 2014September 5, 2014 Secondary Liability

How the 9th Circuit drove secondary cybersquatting liability off the cliff

In December 2013 I wrote about and linked to the devastating critique by the diva of secondary trademark liability, Jane Coleman, of the Ninth Circuit’s decision... Read more

Posted on May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 Domain Names

Defensive domaining

Kevin Murphy, editor of Domainincite, has a pretty interesting teaser for an analysis — subscription required (maybe he’ll shoot me one, though?) — of how the... Read more

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