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• Trademark Infringement and Cybersquatting Analysis for Subway v. Subway.SY and Kotifani
  On Wednesday I posted an article about how Subway.SY owner Hani Kotifani tried to represent himself pro se (without counsel) against the real Subway restaurant and failed miserably in a cybersquatting / trademark infringement lawsuit and promised that an analysis... […]
• .CO Registry Will Be Pro-Actively Screening for Cybersquatting Across All .CO Domain Names
  In a letter dated August 9, 2010, Eduardo Santoyo who is the CEO for the new .co country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) assured domain registrants of the security of the newly implemented .co ccTLD and warned cybersquatters that the... […]
• Trademark and Cybersquatting Lawsuit: Subway Awarded Permanent Injunction, Statutory Damages, and Attorney’s Fees, Against Subway.SY LLC
  The case is Doctor's Assocs. v. Subway.SY LLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83223 (D. Minn. July 30, 2010). In this motion before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Plaintiff Doctor’s Associates, Inc. (Subway) sought a permanent injunction,... […]
• Cybersquatting Cases Update: Court Ruling in BME.com Cybersquatting Case Highlights Important Factors for Determining Whether a Defendant's Conduct Constitutes Cybersquatting
  In a decision handed down yesterday, July 26, 2010, by District Judge Philip M. Pro, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, some very important factors from cybersquatting case law were re-iterated. Judge Pro denied Plaintiff Gregory... […]
• XXX.com Domain Name Soon Up for Sale, or Reserve Now for Only $7,000,000
  Unless someone matches the reserve price of $7,000,000 by August 18th, the thought-provoking (and hopefully money making) three letter domain name ‘XXX.com’ will go up for sale at the DomainFest New York City auction. Bari from Moniker has been posting... […]
• FairWinds Study of Top 250 Websites; Top 250 Sites Losing $327 Million a Year Due to Typo-Squatters
  In their recently released study, the domain name strategy consultancy FairWinds Partners reported that the companies owning the 250 most trafficked Websites are losing over 448 million impressions and $327 million a year through domains that are typos of the... […]
• New Web Space for Porn Sites- ICANN Voted Yes to Allow the .XXX Top Level Domain
  Last Friday an ICANN vote passed to allow application of the ‘.xxx’ top level domain. Even though ‘.xxx’ is not yet live and still requires further approval, ICM Registry reports that it has already taken 110,000 pre-reservations for ‘.xxx’ domains.... […]
• Domain Name Dispute and Arbitration Resources
  Domain Name Dispute and Arbitration Resources Here is a list of resources for both complainants and respondents facing domain name disputes, cybersquatting and domain theft: 1. ICANN New gTLD Process Home page of the process: Draft Applicant Guidebook version 3... […]
• CADNA Hosts Brand Abuse and Internet Governance Forum
  Yesterday PRNewswire provided commentary on the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse’s (CADNA) Online Brand Abuse and Internet Governance Forum. The Forum, hosted by Wells Fargo and which took place on June 2nd in San Francisco, presented an opportunity for parties... […]
• ICANN Addresses Registration Abuse
  In February of 2009 a Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) was chartered by ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization Council (GNSO), to present findings and concrete recommendations in addressing domain name registration abuse in generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Upon... […]