Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »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) […]
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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. […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
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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, […]
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