The great white domain extension
The Register reports: From today, trademark holders from within the mobile industry have the chance to register their trademarks as .mobi domains. Call me Ishmobile.... Read more
Tag: Domains
Gripes of wrath
If you’ve seen one disgruntled-former-law-associate attack gripe site, you’ve seen them all. But I did like this point by gold-plated pariah Edward Harrington Heyburn, Esq. (corrected). Because... Read more
But it is the Dark Side? Or just plain old The Force?
Evan Brown: “Behold the power of in rem actions“: In rem actions over domain names are powerful tools. A trademark owner can undertake these actions... Read more
Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)
According to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online shopping site. The New York federal complaint is... Read more
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
Jews for Jesus v. Google and Brodsky – update and analysis
I was on a panel called “Trademark Rights vs. Free Speech” at the Fall 2000 INTA Trademarks in Cyberspace Conference with Marty Schwimmer and David... Read more
Give it a rest!
John Welch reports on a case involving the would-be registration for IRESTMYCASE.COM, an attorney’s website, wherein the TTAB reminds us that a URL (website address)... Read more
Transamerica v. Moniker Online: When domain registrars go bad
Domain name registrars have not typically been held contributorily liable for trademark infringement committed by their registrants. See Lockheed Martin; Size, Inc.; Academy of Motion... Read more
Go chutzpa!
GoDaddy, better than anyone, realizes that the margins in domain sales are slim and getting slimmer. Economics teaches us that in a perfectly competitive market,... Read more