Would The Real Morris Iemma Please Stand Up?
Morris Iemma, the Premier of New South Wales (Australia) and leader of the state's Labor Party, has fallen victim to the competing Liberal Party, which registered MorrisIemma.com and recently launched an aggressive pre-election video on the domain.
Mr. Iemma's actual website is located at MorrisIemma.com.au. It is not known why the politician had failed to register [...]
Google Goes After Polish Poets In Microsoft-Style Legal Attack
Google has launched legal action against the Polish Grupa Młodych Artystów i Literatów (GMAil), or Group of Young Artists and Writers, over the domain name gmail.pl which the group had registered on November 1, 2006.
Izabela Krawczyk of GMAiL told news agency Agence France-Presse that Google had turned to Poland's IT and telecommunications tribunal to try [...]
Ralph Lauren Fails To Hijack RL.com From Licensed Real Estate Broker
In an unethical attempt at reverse domain hijacking, PRL USA Holdings, the company that owns the Ralph Lauren trademark, tried to wrestle control of RL.com from a licensed real estate broker who was going to use the domain to offer real estate loans.
Ringo Starr Wins RingoStarr.mobi in Domain Dispute
Richard Starkey, the artist known as Ringo Starr, won control of the domain RingoStarr.mobi in a highly interesting arbitration case that illustrates the apparent differences between the UK and US legal apprach towards domains that consist solely of a trademark plus a domain extension (trademark.tld).
To obtain the rights to a domain name under ICANN's Uniform [...]
Keith Urban Sues Keith Urban Over KeithUrban.com
Australian country singer Keith Urban has filed a lawsuit against a US painter of the same name, claiming that the lesser known Keith Urban's website KeithUrban.com infringes trademark and cyber-squatting laws.
The Australian singer's own website is located at KeithUrban.net. He wants the other website to be shut down and its domain name transferred to his [...]
Think The Wrong Thought - Lose Your Domain?
The next time you register a domain name be careful what you think.
Just ask Tokyo-based Jonathan Witte, one of the world's foremost mobile designers, who lost his domain name inc.mobi to a company called Mansueto Ventures because of his alleged thoughts at the moment he registered the domain.
Dell Sues Typo Domain Affiliates
As reported by the British website The Inquirer as well as the Domain Name Wire, hardware firm Dell has sued the registrants of the domain names d3ell.com, de3LL.com, d4ell.com, de4ll.com, dedll.com, derll.com and dxell.com.
The case alleges that Alf Temme, Lars Crispin Temme and Kim Temme had registered the domains to link them to Dell via [...]