FCC.com Victory: WIPO Panel Declares Spanish Company "Reverse Domain Name Hijackers"
In a brilliant victory for domain name owners, a WIPO panel has declared that a Spanish company's attempt to appropriate the domain name FCC.com from its legitimate owner without just compensation constitutes a "Reverse Domain Name Hijacking" attempt.
The Spanish company, FCC Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, had alleged in a WIPO Complaint that the current [...]
Skype Goes After Skype-Watch.com
In these turbulent times, every company is out to protect their ostensibly good name. This practice extends onto the internet in the form of defensive registration, trademarks searches and, in the extreme, lawsuits. Any domainer is aware of this practice on the part of companies large and small. But what should a [...]
Google vs. Googles.EU
In a recent case before the Arbitration Center for .EU Disputes, Google failed to gain control of the disputed domain name Googles.EU. Google had instructed its Irish subsidiary to file the case, presumably to meet registry rules that require .EU domain owners to be located in the European Union. However, the Google trademark is owned [...]
Politicians Clash Over Domain Name
Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania (USA) is known as the Coal Region and the home to Yuengling, America's Oldest Brewery.
But this month the county made the news because two of its candidates for the position of Controller clashed in a domain dispute.
Democratic candidate Melinda Kantner filed a complaint with the election board alleging that her opponent, [...]
IRS to shut down IRS.com and other domains containing "IRS"?
There can be only one IRS.
A few days ago, the US government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement reminded the public that its official website address is www.irs.gov - and not .com, .net or .org.
And the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill ("Taxpayer Protection Act") clarifying that existing law, which [...]
The Battle For Gmail.de
Gmail.de is not owned by Google, but by a German venture capitalist who runs a physical and electronic postal service called G-Mail.
Daniel Giersch, who named G-Mail after himself and applied for a German trademark as early as 2000, won a permanent injunction against Google earlier this year, preventing the company from offering Gmail.com email addresses [...]
Fools!
Investment advisory publisher The Motley Fool Inc., which owns the domain name Fool.com, has failed in its attempt to appropriate Fools.com without compensation from the domain's original registrant, Domain Works Inc. from Canada.
Domain Works had registered Fools.com in 1998. The company had initially redirected the domain to its corporate website and later set up [...]